Gef Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Vanuatu

Gef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gef Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086

Gef (87) may also be a first name.

Gef Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gef (Russian: Геф) is found most in Taiwan. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gef? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Gef occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Gef are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 29 percent are found in Sino-East Asia. Gef is also the 1,024,927th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 87 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Taiwan, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 11,722,373. In Taiwan Gef is primarily concentrated in: Taoyuan City, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Taiwan this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 14 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Gefe86113/
Geef86105/
Geff8612/
Ngef8610/
Geif866/
Guef865/
Sgef864/
Gefs864/
Gief862/
Kgef861/
Hgef861/
Gefp861/
Getf861/
Gewf861/
Ef803,015/
Geffe75415/
Geffs7592/
Gheif7542/
Gueff7541/
Geefs7541/
Guefe7532/
Gueft756/
Giefe753/
Gedfe752/
Geiff752/
Ghefe752/
Sgeef752/
Gettf752/
Gheef751/
Guewf751/
Gheft751/
Xgepf751/
Gieff751/
Gedtf751/
Guefs750/
Efe6774,668/
Sef673,000/
Geb672,223/
Eff67860/
Guehef67410/
Eft67202/
Hef67176/
Gif67147/
Jef67124/
Yef6793/
Gev6790/
Zef6786/
Gew6781/
Esf6744/
Eef6742/
Eif6730/
Ief6724/
Efh6717/
Edf6713/
Evf6712/
Euf6711/
Eaf6711/
Gueffe6710/
Ehf679/
Efz678/
Ezf678/
Gäf677/
Epf676/
Ewf676/
Efs675/
Ghehef674/
Cef674/
Eyf674/
Etf673/
Gyf672/
Efp672/
Gjf672/
Ejf672/
Gueiff671/
Gieffe671/

Gef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gef in the Russian language
Гефgef-

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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
  • 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 Gef
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