Geghe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Geghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Geghe (10) may also be a first name.
Geghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geghe (Marathi: गेघे) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geghe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Geghe is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Geghe reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Geghe is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 10 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geghe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geghe in the Marathi language | ||
| गेघे | geghe | - |
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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 Geghe
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