Geerssen Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Geerssen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Geerssen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geerssen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geerssen is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geerssen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geerssen is the 2,483,783rd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Geerssen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Geerssen reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Geerssen is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands Geerssen is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 79 percent reside, Utrecht, where 15 percent reside and Gelderland, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account The Netherlands this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 42 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Geerssen
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