Gerain Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Gerain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 133 | 1:86,441 | 13,498 |
| France | 65 | 1:1,021,888 | 113,182 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Gérain (35) are calculated separately.
Gerain (45) may also be a first name.
Gerain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerain (Russian: Гераин) occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Gérain. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerain? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,025,894th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Gerain live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 45 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is held by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium Gerain is most numerous in: Walloon Region, where 69 percent reside, Flemish Region, where 23 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent reside. Other than Belgium it occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 26 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 9 percent reside.
Gerain Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gerain has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerain surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerain Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerain in the Russian language | ||
| Гераин | gerain | - |
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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 Gerain
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