Gehanne Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Gehanne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 140 | 1:474,448 | 67,240 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Géhanne (2) are calculated separately.
Gehanne (213) may also be a first name.
Gehanne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehanne Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehanne is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Géhanne. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehanne? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Gehanne reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Gehanne is also the 619,385th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 213 people.
The last name Gehanne is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 474,448. In France Gehanne is most common in: Normandy, where 61 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 14 percent reside and Brittany, where 10 percent reside. Outside of France this surname exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Luxembourg, where 12 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Gehanne Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gehanne has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gehanne surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gehanne
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