Gegeh Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Gegeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 84 | 1:52,483 | 4,660 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gegeh (92) may also be a first name.
Gegeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gegeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gegeh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gegeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,943,350th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Gegeh is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gegeh reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 992,070th most widely held first name on earth, held by 92 people.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 62 percent are found, Nimba County, where 25 percent are found and Bong County, where 7 percent are found. Besides Liberia Gegeh is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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 Gegeh
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