Gecay Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Gecay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Geçay (43) are calculated separately.
Gecay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gecay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gecay is most common in Switzerland. It may appear in the variant forms: Geçay. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gecay.
How Common Is The Last Name Gecay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. Gecay is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Gecay reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Gecay is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,368,819. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of St Gallen, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland Gecay occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 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 Gecay
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