Gandye Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Gandye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 361 | 1:146,653 | 13,374 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
Gandye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gandye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gandye occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gandye.
How Common Is The Last Name Gandye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 775,315th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gandye live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Gandye is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 361 people, or 1 in 146,653. In Tanzania Gandye is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 38 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 37 percent reside and Ruvuma Region, where 19 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Gandye occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gandye
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