Gekete Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gekete occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekete? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Gekete is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gekete are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin Gekete is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 50 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 25 percent reside and Zou Department, where 25 percent reside. Not including Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent reside and Zambia, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Gekete
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