Gefferie Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Suriname
Highest density in:
Suriname

Gefferie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gefferie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Suriname4921:1,12380
Netherlands871:194,10527,180
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Guyana11:762,22114,420
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gefferie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gefferie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gefferie is more frequently found in Suriname than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gefferie? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gefferie is the 549,140th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 12,521,557 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Gefferie live; 85 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America.

The last name Gefferie is most widely held in Suriname, where it is borne by 492 people, or 1 in 1,123. Not including Suriname this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 15 percent are found and Aruba, where 0 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
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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 Gefferie
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