Gefer Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Gefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Gefer (37) may also be a first name.
Gefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gefer is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gefer is the 2,635,433rd most common last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gefer reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 4,116,814. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Paraná, where 87 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 10 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Gefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gefer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gefer
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