Geniess Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Geniess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Geniess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geniess Come From? nationality or country of origin
Geniess (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻨﻴﺲ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geniess? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Geniess reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Geniess is mostly concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 33 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 33 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 33 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it occurs in one country. It is also common in France, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geniess Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geniess in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻨﻴﺲ | jnys | 66.67 |
| ﺟﻨﻴﺎﺱ | jnyas | 33.33 |
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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 Geniess
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