Geain Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Geain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 40 | 1:110,213 | 8,601 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Geain (38) may also be a first name.
Geain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geain is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Geain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geain? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Geain live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 110,213. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Nimba County, where 60 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 38 percent reside and Lofa County, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Liberia it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
Geain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Geain has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 83 percent between 1880 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 Geain
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