Geerst Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Geerst Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Geerst Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geerst Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geerst is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geerst? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,333,370th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Geerst reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Geerst is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 348,383. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Besides Belgium this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 46 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Geerst
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