Geerish Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Geerish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 40 | 1:32,335 | 6,474 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Geerish (324) may also be a first name.
Geerish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geerish Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geerish (Hindi: गीरीश, Oriya: ଗୀରିଶ) is carried by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geerish? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Geerish live; 93 percent live in Southern Africa and 93 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. Geerish is also the 487,350th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 324 people.
Geerish is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 32,335. In Mauritius Geerish is most common in: Pamplemousses District, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritius this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geerish Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geerish in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୀରିଶ | girisa | - |
| Geerish in the Hindi language | ||
| गीरीश | girisa | 92.68 |
| गिरीश | girisa | 4.88 |
| गीरिश | girisa | 2.44 |
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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 Geerish
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