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
The surname Gefe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,718,748th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Gefe occurs predominantly 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 widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 77 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kaduna, where 63 percent reside, Kogi, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Solomon Islands, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 19 percent reside.
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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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