Gyekye Surname

58,859th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Gyekye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyekye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana8,3821:3,224497
England901:619,09036,665
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Gyekye (451) may also be a first name.

Gyekye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gyekye is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gyekye.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyekye? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gyekye is the 58,859th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 849,661 people. Gyekye is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gyekye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gyekye is also the 402,848th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 451 people.

Gyekye is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 8,382 people, or 1 in 3,224. Besides Ghana this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Gyekye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gyekye last name are 42.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 88.89% registered with the political party.

The amount Gyekye earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.76% less than the national average, earning $36,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.6% less than the national average, earning $44,914 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyeke91630/
Gyekyewa861/
Gyakye83697/
Geyeke831/
Gyekyi831/
Gyecky831/
Gyek807/
Gyekyewaa804/
Gyekyewah801/
Gyekyaa771/
Gyaakye771/
Gyekyewaah751/
Geike73787/
Gieke73286/
Geyek7393/
Gyaky7326/
Geikie67346/
Gyukyu67336/
Gyegwe67178/
Geicke67100/
Gyokyu6750/
Gyk6724/
Gyokay6710/
Gyeiko679/
Gyakyi675/
Giekie672/
Gyeaka671/
Gyecko671/
Geyeko671/
Gyekwa671/
Geikei671/
Gyeegh671/
Giecke670/

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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 Gyekye
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