Geofrey Surname
Approximately 21,515 people bear this surname
Geofrey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15,723 | 1:3,367 | 465 |
| Malawi | 2,771 | 1:6,178 | 886 |
| Nigeria | 1,576 | 1:112,400 | 7,488 |
| Kenya | 1,202 | 1:38,419 | 4,096 |
| Uganda | 75 | 1:520,524 | 29,324 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Botswana | 50 | 1:43,739 | 8,388 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Geofrey (318,580) may also be a first name.
Geofrey Demographics
Geofrey Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Geofrey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geofrey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geofrey is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Geofrey.
How Common Is The Last Name Geofrey? popularity and diffusion
Geofrey is the 25,083rd most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 338,719 people. The last name Geofrey occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Geofrey are found; 79 percent are found in East Africa and 76 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Geofrey is also the 3,290th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 318,580 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 15,723 people, or 1 in 3,367. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kagera Region, where 20 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 24 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Geofrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Geofrey has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 60 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Geofrey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Geofrey last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Geofrey
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