Gerakakis Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Gerakakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gerakakis 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
Greece2231:49,6858,181
Germany31:26,835,153452,368

Gerakakis Last Name Facts

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

Gerakakis occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerakakis? popularity and diffusion

Gerakakis is the 1,088,856th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerakakis are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Gerakakis is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 49,685. In Greece it is mostly found in: East Macedonia and Thrace, where 35 percent live, Crete, where 29 percent live and Attica, where 28 percent live. Aside from Greece this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent live.

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
Gerakaki94108/
Geroukakis8449/
Serakaki824/
Cheirakakis8089/
Geroukaki7825/
Ziragkakis741/
Chirakakis741/
Sirokakis677/
Guyrokoki561/
Gerocoski560/

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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 Gerakakis
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