Gevese Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gevese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gevese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gevese Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gevese occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gevese? popularity and diffusion
Gevese is the 8,968,613th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gevese occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Gevese live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 18,059,235. In South Africa Gevese is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 33 percent live, Gauteng, where 33 percent live and North West, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 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 Gevese
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