Gerama Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Gerama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Greece | 16 | 1:692,487 | 77,522 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gerama (42) may also be a first name.
Gerama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerama (Hindi: गेरमा, Marathi: गेरमा, Oriya: େଗରମଣୀ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Gerama live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gerama is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 42 people.
The surname Gerama is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Adamawa, where 46 percent live, Yobe, where 33 percent live and Borno, where 18 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 27 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerama in the Hindi language | ||
| गेरमा | gerama | - |
| Gerama in the Marathi language | ||
| गेरमा | gerama | - |
| Gerama in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗରମଣୀ | egaramani | 33.33 |
| ଜିଏରାମା | ji'erama | 33.33 |
| େଗରାମା | egarama | 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 Gerama
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