Gareiß Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Gareiß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 151 | 1:533,149 | 44,599 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
The alternate forms: Garei (789) are calculated separately.
Gareiß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gareiß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gareiß occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Garei. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gareiß? popularity and diffusion
Gareiß is the 1,338,236th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gareiß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Gareiß is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 151 people, or 1 in 533,149. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 67 percent are found, Hesse, where 9 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent are found. Barring Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Gareiß
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