Gifu Surname
Approximately 266 people bear this surname
Gifu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 221 | 1:90,850 | 10,497 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
The alternate forms: Gîfu (85) & Gifú (1) are calculated separately.
Gifu (23) may also be a first name.
Gifu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gifu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gifu is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Gîfu or Gifú. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gifu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gifu is the 973,426th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 27,396,789 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Gifu live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in Romanian Europe. Gifu is also the 2,239,265th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.
The surname is most numerous in Romania, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 90,850. In Romania it is mostly found in: Vaslui County, where 62 percent reside, Dolj County, where 21 percent reside and Caraș-Severin County, where 15 percent reside. Not including Romania this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Gifu
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