Gefrey Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gefrey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gefrey (215) may also be a first name.
Gefrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gefrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gefrey has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gefrey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Gefrey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Gefrey live; 39 percent live in Oceania Islands and 39 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gefrey is also the 616,131st most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 215 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Western Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 28 percent are found and Malawi, where 22 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
- 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 Gefrey
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