Gaëtan Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gaëtan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Gaetan (5,774), Gäëtan (1) & Gaetán (8) are calculated separately.
Gaëtan (4,979) may also be a first name.
Gaëtan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaëtan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaëtan is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Gaetan, Gäëtan or Gaetán. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaëtan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Gaëtan occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Gaëtan live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Gaëtan is also the 96,451st most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 4,979 people.
The last name Gaëtan is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France it is most numerous in: Île-de-France, where 40 percent are found, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 30 percent are found and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent are found. Other than France Gaëtan occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 26 percent are found and Canada, where 22 percent are found.
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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 Gaëtan
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