Geerits Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Geerits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 225 | 1:51,096 | 8,348 |
| Netherlands | 46 | 1:367,113 | 40,368 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Geerits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geerits Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geerits occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geerits? popularity and diffusion
Geerits is the 953,750th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Geerits occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Geerits reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most common in Belgium, where it is held by 225 people, or 1 in 51,096. In Belgium Geerits is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent live, Walloon Region, where 4 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 0 percent live. Outside of Belgium this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
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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 Geerits
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