Gebreyes Surname

57,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,855 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Gebreyes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gebreyes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia8,6931:11,2211,672
United States1241:2,923,056171,801
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
England41:13,929,515290,718
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Gebreyes (12,956) may also be a first name.

Gebreyes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gebreyes Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gebreyes has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gebreyes.

How Common Is The Last Name Gebreyes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gebreyes is the 57,195th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 822,987 people. Gebreyes is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gebreyes live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 51,419th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 12,956 people.

The surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 8,693 people, or 1 in 11,221. Barring Ethiopia it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Gebreyes Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gebreyes surname are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 92.31% being registered with the party.

The amount Gebreyes earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 3.07% more than the national average, earning $44,472 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.29% less than the national average, earning $32,152 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guebreyes945/
Gebreyese942/
Gebreyess941/
Gebryes9314/
Gebreys931/
Gebreye931/
Gabreyes882/
Gebreyus881/
Gebreyse881/
Gebreues881/
Gebrayes881/
Gebrye869/
Gebrey866/
Gebree861/
Ghebreyet827/
Gebriye8017/
Gebries8013/
Gobreyos751/
Gebrie7113,905/
Gebray712,705/
Gevrey71688/
Gibree71114/
Sebrey7143/
Gebroe7133/
Gebrue7116/
Zebrey7112/
Gibrey716/
Gebrea715/
Gebreu712/
Ibrees712/
Ebreus712/
Ghebreyoh711/
Ghebrea67113/
Gevriye6795/
Ghebray6790/
Gevreus6712/
Gabreus679/
Sebriye677/
Djebrey672/
Gebrieh672/
Gebreij671/
Sebruye671/
Gehbray671/
Ghebrae671/
Ghebrue671/
Giberey670/
Seibrey670/
Seebrey670/
Seabrey670/

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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 Gebreyes
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