Gaiety Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Gaiety Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gaiety (57) may also be a first name.
Gaiety Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaiety Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaiety is borne by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaiety? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Gaiety occurs predominantly in Europe, where 83 percent of Gaiety live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles. Gaiety is also the 1,308,380th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 57 people.
The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Gaiety is primarily found in: Durham, where 70 percent live, Cornwall, where 20 percent live and Suffolk, where 5 percent live. Besides England it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Gaiety Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gaiety has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gaiety surname rose 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Gaiety
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