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.

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Geiseb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 occurs more in Namibia more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Geiseb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 660,498th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Geiseb live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This 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. Aside from Namibia Geiseb is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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
  • 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 Geiseb
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