Gifit Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Gifit Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gifit Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda291:1,346,18251,611
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Gifit (222) may also be a first name.

Gifit Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gifit is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gifit? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gifit is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gifit reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Gifit is also the 605,116th most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 222 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 1,346,182. In Uganda Gifit is most numerous in: Yumbe District, where 93 percent live, Kampala District, where 3 percent live and Koboko District, where 3 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gifite919/
Gifi8973/
Ifit8913/
Giffith8366/
Giffi80496/
Ifite8031/
Gifis8025/
Guifi8022/
Gifei8010/
Iofit806/
Ifiet804/
Ghifi803/
Ifiot802/
Gifai802/
Iffit802/
Gefit802/
Sifit801/
Gifih801/
Guiffith771/
Goiffith770/
Gaiffi73115/
Giffis7346/
Giffei7338/
Ghiffi7310/
Giffie735/
Guifai734/
Ittfit734/
Iffiot734/
Sifait733/
Gueifi732/
Iffith732/
Gifete731/
Ghaifi731/
Guifei731/
Gaifie731/
Seifit731/
Gaifio731/
Gaifis731/
Sifitt731/
Gipfui731/
Eifeit730/
Gaiffeith710/
Sifi6718,132/
Efit6774/
Gifa6745/
Ifet6732/
Gefi6724/
Gife6718/
Ifid6716/
Jifi6715/
Giffeth677/
Zifi676/
Cifi676/
Guiffis675/
Eiffeit672/
Zaifait671/
Gifeete671/
Giffeis671/
Giffiph671/
Gify671/
Gyfi671/
Yfit671/
Seifeit671/
Saifitt671/
Goihfis671/
Siefiet670/
Gipfest670/
Guffiet670/
Siffitt670/

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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 Gifit
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