Geems Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Geems Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Geems Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geems Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geems is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Geems click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geems? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Geems occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Geems are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Pakistan, where 20 percent live.
Geems Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Geems has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Geems last name decreased 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getems | 91 | 19 | / |
| Gesems | 91 | 0 | / |
| Gems | 89 | 1,568 | / |
| Eems | 89 | 6 | / |
| Gettems | 83 | 28 | / |
| Goheems | 83 | 0 | / |
| Geens | 80 | 5,150 | / |
| Heems | 80 | 333 | / |
| Jeems | 80 | 43 | / |
| Gemst | 80 | 40 | / |
| Guems | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gehms | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ngems | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gemså | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gemse | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghems | 80 | 1 | / |
| Geims | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ieems | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gemsh | 80 | 0 | / |
| Guettems | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ems | 75 | 1,445 | / |
| Gms | 75 | 10 | / |
| Geense | 73 | 365 | / |
| Gemsch | 73 | 88 | / |
| Gheens | 73 | 36 | / |
| Geûens | 73 | 25 | / |
| Getens | 73 | 22 | / |
| Heemst | 73 | 20 | / |
| Heemsh | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gettms | 73 | 3 | / |
| Guemse | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gemshe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gueams | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geenst | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ehhems | 73 | 1 | / |
| Geimms | 73 | 0 | / |
| Emms | 67 | 4,643 | / |
| Gens | 67 | 3,379 | / |
| Hems | 67 | 1,241 | / |
| Ehms | 67 | 313 | / |
| Gettens | 67 | 276 | / |
| Gims | 67 | 204 | / |
| Geysens | 67 | 199 | / |
| Guetens | 67 | 124 | / |
| Emsh | 67 | 122 | / |
| Eims | 67 | 105 | / |
| Emst | 67 | 78 | / |
| Giemsch | 67 | 64 | / |
| Emse | 67 | 60 | / |
| Gemsová | 67 | 26 | / |
| Getensh | 67 | 25 | / |
| Geitens | 67 | 22 | / |
| Eams | 67 | 21 | / |
| Eyms | 67 | 16 | / |
| Emås | 67 | 11 | / |
| Goheens | 67 | 10 | / |
| Giesens | 67 | 8 | / |
| Iems | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gemz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Emss | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gyms | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gmsh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gjms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guettms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gmse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cgms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emsj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emsd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Emsø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kgms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eums | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Geems
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