Geiseb Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Geiseb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geiseb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4531:5,3191,006
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Geiseb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Geiseb Come From? nationality or country of origin

Geiseb is held by more people in Namibia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Geiseb? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 660,498th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Geiseb reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Namibia, where it is held by 453 people, or 1 in 5,319. In Namibia it is most frequent in: Erongo Region, where 40 percent reside, Otjozondjupa Region, where 34 percent reside and Khomas Region, where 18 percent reside. Other than Namibia it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeiseb831/
Eseb806/
Goaiseb771/
Yeseb734/
Esieb731/
Gecib731/
Yeseab6710/
Jesseb672/
Jeseeb671/
Essehb671/
Gjeceb671/

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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 Geiseb
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