Getye Surname
Approximately 7,465 people bear this surname
Getye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 7,405 | 1:13,173 | 1,885 |
| South Africa | 57 | 1:950,486 | 60,033 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Getye (1,752) may also be a first name.
Getye Demographics
Average Getye Salary in
South Africa
R 193,284
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Getye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Getye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Getye is most common in Ethiopia. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Getye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,740th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 976,229 people. The last name Getye is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Getye reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 183,000th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,752 people.
The surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 7,405 people, or 1 in 13,173. Other than Ethiopia Getye is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Getye Last Name Statistics demography
Getye earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.66% less than the national average, earning R 193,284 per year.
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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 Getye
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