Gega Surname
Approximately 8,541 people bear this surname
Gega Surname User-submission:
The surname Gega comes from Geg (Gheg), which is the name for northern Albanians.
Gega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 5,328 | 1:547 | 36 |
| Philippines | 692 | 1:146,298 | 24,525 |
| Greece | 584 | 1:18,972 | 2,741 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Kosovo | 292 | 1:6,376 | 1,074 |
| United States | 227 | 1:1,596,735 | 107,304 |
| Indonesia | 205 | 1:645,118 | 50,622 |
| Nigeria | 156 | 1:1,135,530 | 46,612 |
| Tanzania | 135 | 1:392,160 | 27,960 |
| Turkey | 64 | 1:1,215,960 | 51,402 |
| Russia | 52 | 1:2,771,597 | 154,559 |
| Brazil | 52 | 1:4,116,814 | 111,429 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| North Macedonia | 47 | 1:44,712 | 4,934 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Croatia | 22 | 1:192,209 | 23,417 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 1:138,204 | 13,237 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Bulgaria | 13 | 1:536,839 | 23,182 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gega (1,406) may also be a first name.
Gega Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The surname Gega comes from Geg (Gheg), which is the name for northern Albanians.
- lashnikGega Demographics
Average Gega Salary in
United States
$56,673 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gega (Georgian: გეგა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻜﻪ, Hindi: गेगा, Marathi: गेगा, Oriya: େଗଗା, Russian: Гега) occurs more in Albania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Gega click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gega? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gega is the 59,102nd most commonly used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 853,243 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 77 percent of Gega reside; 74 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 66 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 208,413th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,406 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Albania, where it is borne by 5,328 people, or 1 in 547. In Albania Gega is most numerous in: Lezhë County, where 21 percent reside, Tirana County, where 20 percent reside and Fier County, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Albania this last name occurs in 57 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 8 percent reside and Greece, where 7 percent reside.
Gega Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gega has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gega surname expanded 7,567 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gega Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (64%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Gega surname are 36.13% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.36% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gega earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 81.48% less than the national average, earning €5,561 per year; in Norway they earn 46.77% less than the national average, earning 184,222 kr per year; in United States they earn 31.34% more than the national average, earning $56,673 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.92% less than the national average, earning $39,788 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gega Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gega in the Georgian language | ||
| გეგა | gega | - |
| Gega in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻜﻪ | kkh | - |
| Gega in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗଗା | egaga | - |
| Gega in the Marathi language | ||
| गेगा | gega | - |
| Gega in the Hindi language | ||
| गेगा | gega | 89.58 |
| गोगा | goga | 4.86 |
| गॅगा | gega | 4.17 |
| ्गेगा | gega | 0.69 |
| Gega in the Russian language | ||
| Гега | gega | - |
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