Gehant Surname

471,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 711 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Gehant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gehant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5781:114,91817,280
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

The alternate forms: Géhant (12) are calculated separately.

Gehant Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gehant is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Géhant. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gehant? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 471,721st most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 10,249,713 people. The surname Gehant occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Gehant are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

It is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 578 people, or 1 in 114,918. In France it is most common in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 45 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 20 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 10 percent are found. Beside France this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 percent are found.

Gehant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gehant surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.17% being registered to vote for the party.

Gehant earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.76% more than the national average, earning $44,338 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Géhant9412/
Geant91579/
Gueant83417/
Gheant8325/
Ghyant8311/
Geantt834/
Geante831/
Gihant830/
Geyants777/
Gheante771/
Ghayunt771/
Gaunt7311,052/
Gaint7349/
Geynt7314/
Geand7311/
Géant739/
Geont732/
Gaynt731/
Gaent731/
Geynts672,515/
Gauntt671,740/
Geynet67440/
Guyant67226/
Gauntz6759/
Gaynts6757/
Gayant6734/
Gaints6732/
Gheent6723/
Guiant6711/
Ghaund678/
Gayent676/
Gaunte675/
Geyndt673/
Géants672/
Goyant672/
Gaundt671/
Geyand671/
Ghaind671/
Gaunnt671/
Gauntp671/
Gaiant671/
Gueint671/
Gowent671/
Ghiont671/
Gujant671/
Geaussent670/
Gainth670/
Gaunth670/
Gainte670/
Gaunts670/

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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 Gehant
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