Gibsy Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Gibsy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gibsy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gibsy (178) may also be a first name.

Gibsy Last Name Facts

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

Gibsy is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gibsy? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gibsy is the 3,100,440th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 55 percent of Gibsy reside; 55 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 55 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Gibsy is also the 683,417th most common first name worldwide, held by 178 people.

The last name Gibsy is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 41 percent are found, Milne Bay, where 23 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 18 percent are found. Besides Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gibsey9140/
Gibshy911/
Ibsy892/
Gipsy80453/
Hibsy8018/
Gibsi801/
Gebsy801/
Gibse801/
Gibser7313/
Gibsie734/
Sibsey733/
Gibsai731/
Hibshy731/
Gipssy731/
Siebsy730/
Gipsey730/
Ibsa673,752/
Gibsher6723/
Ibsi6710/
Ebsy679/
Ipsy675/
Ivsy672/
Ibxy671/
Ibse671/

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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 Gibsy
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