Gegia Surname

570,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Georgia
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Gegia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gegia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Georgia4311:8,6901,947
Abkhazia761:3,196690
Romania281:717,06748,956
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Gegia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gegia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gegia (Georgian: გეგია) is more frequently found in Georgia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gegia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 570,540th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Gegia reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 78 percent reside in Kartvelo-West Asia.

The surname is most widespread in Georgia, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 8,690. In Georgia it is mostly concentrated in: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, where 36 percent live, Tbilisi, where 33 percent live and Imereti, where 26 percent live. Apart from Georgia this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Abkhazia, where 14 percent live and Romania, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guegia91419/
Gueggia8365/
Ngegiah831/
Gogia807,847/
Gegea80321/
Gagia8076/
Gigia8076/
Yegia8062/
Gugia8021/
Iegia8019/
Geiza8013/
Geija809/
Gehga809/
Egiay808/
Egiah808/
Zegia804/
Gegio803/
Geiha802/
Geioa801/
Gezia801/
Geiaa801/
Gea7549,209/
Guejia73906/
Giugia7340/
Giogia7326/
Gegios7321/
Ehigia7315/
Jiggia739/
Gougia735/
Gegiou735/
Seggia734/
Gagiai734/
Segiah733/
Goygia732/
Ghogia732/
Ghezia732/
Zeggia732/
Gheiza732/
Nggiha731/
Geijai731/
Goigia731/
Googia731/
Guygia731/
Guigia731/
Gueiya731/
Gueiza731/
Ggajia731/
Gehgah731/
Geahga731/
Guia6720,606/
Giha679,364/
Giza678,612/
Geay675,994/
Gica673,849/
Gesa673,723/
Geza673,451/
Gisa672,765/
Ghia672,452/
Geca671,656/
Geah671,369/
Ngea671,225/
Geha671,130/
Goea671,032/
Geja67996/
Giňa67510/
Gija67507/
Geas67321/
Geai67320/
Ghea67276/
Ejia67115/
Gaea6797/
Geat6793/
Igia6782/
Geaz6764/
Gead6758/
Giea6755/
Geea6748/
Geđa6746/
Giža6731/
Gișa6728/
Guiggia6721/
Geap6713/
Geoi678/
Geža678/
Geei677/
Giża677/
Geoa675/
Égea673/
Geao673/
Geňa673/
Jeggiah673/
Geaa672/
Ehiogia672/
Geaj672/
Zehgiay671/
Zeigiah671/
Zeagiah671/
Ègea671/
Gughiya671/
Gheisah671/
Egioija671/
Gougiah671/
Qgea671/
Eaia671/
Ggja671/
Gaggiao671/
Gaigiai671/
Gjea671/
Gjei671/
Gjga671/

Gegia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gegia in the Georgian language
გეგიაgegia-

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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 Gegia
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