Gaveh Surname
495,028th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana
Gaveh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Iran | 36 | 1:2,132,848 | 74,334 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gaveh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaveh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaveh is most common in Ghana. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gaveh.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaveh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 495,028th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gaveh reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gaveh is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Besides Ghana this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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
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- 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 Gaveh
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