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 surname Gecay occurs most in Switzerland. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Geçay. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gecay? popularity and diffusion
Gecay is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 88 percent of Gecay are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 1,368,819. In Switzerland Gecay is most frequent in: Canton of St Gallen, where 100 percent live. Excluding Switzerland Gecay exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis