Gehke Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gehke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Gehke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehke occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gehke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Gehke reside; 60 percent reside in South America and 60 percent reside in Luso-South America.
The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Gehke is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 67 percent are found and Paraná, where 33 percent are found. Other than Brazil Gehke is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Gehke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gehke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gehke surname declined 87 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 Gehke
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