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
The surname Geerssen occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geerssen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geerssen is the 2,483,783rd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Geerssen occurs mostly in Europe, where 58 percent of Geerssen live; 58 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: North Brabant, where 79 percent live, Utrecht, where 15 percent live and Gelderland, where 3 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 42 percent live and France, where 3 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
- 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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