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
Gaëtan is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Gaetan, Gäëtan or Gaetán. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaëtan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Gaëtan live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 52 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 96,451st most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 4,979 people.
Gaëtan is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 6,642,272. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 40 percent live, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 30 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent live. Beside France Gaëtan occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 22 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 Gaëtan
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