Gefes Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Gefes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 248 | 1:408,219 | 51,950 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gefes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gefes (Russian: Гефес) is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefes? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gefes is the 966,131st most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. Gefes occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Gefes are found; 92 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 92 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The surname Gefes is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 408,219. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 46 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 37 percent live and Central Luzon, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent live and Russia, where 1 percent live.
Gefes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gefes has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gefes last name declined 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gefes Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gefes in the Russian language | ||
| Гефес | gefes | - |
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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
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- 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 Gefes
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