Gefe Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Gefe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gefe (77) may also be a first name.
Gefe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gefe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gefe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gefe is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 29 percent of Gefe are found; 28 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gefe is also the 1,100,117th most common forename world-wide It is held by 77 people.
The last name Gefe is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 63 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 19 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
- 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 Gefe
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