Gegede Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Gegede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 238 | 1:744,297 | 33,840 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
Gegede (25) may also be a first name.
Gegede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gegede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gegede is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gegede click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gegede? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,009,375th most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Gegede occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gegede reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 238 people, or 1 in 744,297. In Nigeria Gegede is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 31 percent reside, Delta, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gegede
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