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 is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gehke is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Gehke occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Gehke are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 60 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The last name Gehke is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 67 percent are found and Paraná, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil Gehke exists in 2 countries. It is also found 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 share of the population with the surname decreased 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
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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 Gehke
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