Gekeh Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Gekeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gekeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gekeh has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gekeh live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 339,118. In Liberia Gekeh is most common in: Bong County, where 92 percent live and Montserrado County, where 8 percent live. Outside of Liberia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gekeh
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