Gesey Surname
Approximately 721 people bear this surname
Gesey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 686 | 1:19,609 | 1,156 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
Gesey (290) may also be a first name.
Gesey Demographics
Gesey Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gesey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gesey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gesey is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gesey? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gesey is the 466,730th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,107,553 people. The last name Gesey occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gesey reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Gesey is also the 518,802nd most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 290 people.
The surname Gesey is most frequently held in Somalia, where it is held by 686 people, or 1 in 19,609. Barring Somalia this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.
Gesey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gesey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gesey surname declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gesey Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Muslim (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
- 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 Gesey
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