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 last name Gefe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gefe.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,718,748th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name Gefe occurs mostly in Africa, where 29 percent of Gefe reside; 28 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gefe is also the 1,100,117th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 77 people.
The surname Gefe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 63 percent live, Kogi, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The Solomon Islands, where 21 percent live and Brazil, where 19 percent live.
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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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