Gemain Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Gemain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 123 | 1:540,022 | 73,838 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Gémain (1) are calculated separately.
Gemain (62) may also be a first name.
Gemain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gemain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gemain occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Gémain. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gemain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gemain is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Gemain reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 62 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 540,022. In France it is most frequent in: Pays de la Loire, where 41 percent live, Guadeloupe, where 15 percent live and Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 15 percent live. Aside from France this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Gemain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gemain has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gemain surname expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gemain
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