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 has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly 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.
This last name is most common in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 67 percent live and Paraná, where 33 percent live. Excluding Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.
Gehke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gehke has changed through the years. 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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