Gheghe Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Gheghe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gheghe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gheghe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gheghe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻚ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gheghe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Gheghe reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gheghe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 3,936,506. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 96 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gheghe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gheghe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻚ | akk | - |
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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 Gheghe
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