Gey Surname

86,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Gey Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller at the sign of the vulture; one who came from Gey, in Germany; one with the characteristics of a vulture.

Gey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1,3051:50,8996,669
Germany9081:88,66211,171
Nigeria8581:206,46012,306
Russia8341:172,80919,536
Spain3411:137,10310,339
Turkey3381:230,24116,324
United States1961:1,849,280120,610
India1711:4,485,762116,822
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
Belarus811:117,29717,225
South Africa611:888,15957,770
Austria471:181,17923,261
Philippines291:3,490,973149,374
Kazakhstan281:631,51843,439
Mauritania261:157,4958,595
Liechtenstein241:1,599167
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Tajikistan131:645,1304,278
England111:5,065,278148,650
Azerbaijan101:964,91214,691
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Kyrgyzstan81:746,58248,952
Transnistria71:67,8149,165
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Armenia61:488,3639,305
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Taiwan51:4,688,94927,695
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Abkhazia11:242,8655,354
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States651:772,59548,648

Gey (692) may also be a first name.

Gey Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller at the sign of the vulture; one who came from Gey, in Germany; one with the characteristics of a vulture.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gey Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻲ, Hindi: गेय, Russian: Гей, Tibetan: རྒྱས་) is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gey is the 86,606th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,310,474 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Gey reside; 41 percent reside in Western Europe and 23 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 314,325th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 692 people.

Gey is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 1,305 people, or 1 in 50,899. In France Gey is primarily found in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 22 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 16 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 16 percent reside. Beside France this surname occurs in 63 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.

Gey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gey surname grew 302 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Orthodox (84%) in Russia, Muslim (91%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Gey last name are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.52% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $42,012 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geya8616,872/
Geay865,994/
Guey864,965/
Geye861,390/
Geys861,108/
Geyi86892/
Ngey86396/
Geyt86391/
Geyo8664/
Geoy8662/
Ghey8645/
Geyh8638/
Geyd8619/
Giey8614/
Geyp8613/
Geyz864/
Geyy863/
Geiy862/
Sgey862/
Geey861/
Geyj861/
Ge802,240,943/
Ey802,374/
Gy80741/
Gueye75487,795/
Ngeya751,421/
Geyst751,031/
Geyts75660/
Gueya75327/
Geydt75235/
Ngeye75234/
Gheyo75142/
Gueyo75122/
Geyas7587/
Guehy7582/
Gueyi7561/
Gehya7539/
Gheye7538/
Gheyi7527/
Ngeyo7524/
Aghey7520/
Geeya7519/
Geyah7519/
Gieya757/
Gehyi756/
Gehye756/
Geiya756/
Geyes754/
Geyos754/
Gehoy754/
Geyop754/
Gahey753/
Gueey753/
Geezy753/
Geyed753/
Geyet753/
Gueyu753/
Gueyd752/
Geeye752/
Geyeh752/
Gieye752/
Geyae752/
Cgoey751/
Gueyz751/
Gejye751/
Geych751/
Geyie751/
Geyja751/
Geyot751/
Geoye751/
Ngiey751/
Ngehy751/
Geaya751/
Geiye751/
Gueys751/
Gueyé751/
Geyhs751/
Geyio751/
Geyya751/
Ggeya751/
Geuya751/
Geuyo751/
Gieyo751/
Gheyu751/
Zgeye751/
Hgeyz751/
Geyoe750/
Geyoh750/
Geyss750/
Guy67110,005/
Gay6788,569/
Gee6771,972/
Gyi6768,081/
Eyo6764,895/
Nge6752,265/
Gea6749,209/
Sey6723,866/
Eya6715,787/
Hey6715,392/
Eye6713,588/
Goy6710,657/
Hughey679,553/
Ger678,043/
Eyi676,932/
Get675,388/
Gae674,170/
Geh673,763/
Goe673,377/
Gie673,167/
Gez672,893/
Ged672,777/
Eyu671,629/
Ges671,393/
Zey671,206/
Ghe671,190/
Gys671,178/
Geç671,071/
Gei671,004/
Yey67813/
Gej67612/
Eyd67553/
Geezay67430/
Gep67298/
Gueyap67256/
Geč67244/
Eay67235/
Geß67194/
Jey67174/
Cey67125/
Gueyes67111/
Eyş67105/
Euy6796/
Eyt6774/
Eys6771/
Eoy6761/
Eey6755/
Gueyep6750/
Geytts6730/
Ehy6730/
Gheeya6729/
Gehyee6729/
Dge6723/
Gje6721/
Sge6720/
Giy6719/
Gueyje6717/
Gyt6716/
Gyß6715/
Ghy6714/
Eiy6713/
Kgy6713/
Iey6711/
Ggy6711/
Geyash6710/
Jge6710/
Gge6710/
Tge6710/
Åge679/
Qge679/
Hgy678/
Cgy678/
Gyp677/
Eyß677/
Gueyee676/
Zge676/
Gyz676/
Gée676/
Ngehya676/
Cge676/
Gueyet676/
Ejy676/
Gheyee675/
Hge675/
Gueyed674/
Kge674/
Gáy674/
Ajgeiy674/
Gyh674/
Geeyha673/
Gughey673/
Eyh673/
Gyy673/
Eyé673/
Eyz673/
Eyj673/
Gyd673/
Geehoy672/
Eyp672/
Eyy672/
Goeyah672/
Ngeyoh672/
N'Geya671/
Nggeyo671/
Ngheya671/
Ngheye671/
Gueyeh671/
Gueyez671/
Gueeye671/
Geegay671/
Geydts671/
Geyesh671/
Ggueye671/
Gajjey671/
Gheyos671/
Geezey671/
Gaijey671/
Geoyeh671/
Gueyth671/
Khgeya671/
Zughey671/
Gueyip671/
Gueyou671/
Gèe671/
Győ671/
Gùy671/
Güy671/
Geyiya671/
Geć671/
Geš671/
Gheyou671/
Gheyyi671/
Eyè671/
D'Goey671/
Geyshs671/
Nqgeyi671/
Gëe671/
Ehgeyo671/
Geyiyo671/
Gueyat671/
Qgy671/
Xge671/
Geahey670/
Geyott670/
Geyett670/

Gey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﻲky-
Gey in the Hindi language
गेयgeya-
Gey in the Tibetan language
རྒྱས་gyé50
གེ་25
རྒྱས།gyé25
Gey in the Russian language
Гейgej-

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