Geran Surname
Approximately 1,517 people bear this surname
Geran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 691 | 1:96,126 | 14,042 |
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| Turkey | 91 | 1:855,180 | 40,980 |
| Philippines | 84 | 1:1,205,217 | 94,524 |
| Russia | 77 | 1:1,871,728 | 119,355 |
| Australia | 53 | 1:509,353 | 38,491 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Malaysia | 25 | 1:1,179,769 | 51,323 |
| Canada | 24 | 1:1,535,233 | 104,339 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Ireland | 20 | 1:235,447 | 9,345 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 46 | 1:96,301 | 6,269 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 129 | 1:389,292 | 29,048 |
The alternate forms: Géran (2) are calculated separately.
Geran (951) may also be a first name.
Geran Demographics
Geran Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Geran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geran Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geran (Hindi: गेरा, Russian: Герань) is found most in France. It may also appear in the variant forms: Géran. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geran? popularity and diffusion
Geran is the 259,194th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 4,803,920 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Geran are found; 24 percent are found in Western Europe and 24 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 261,963rd most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 951 people.
Geran is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 691 people, or 1 in 96,126. In France Geran is most frequent in: Guadeloupe, where 48 percent live, Île-de-France, where 38 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 3 percent live. Outside of France this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent live and Turkey, where 6 percent live.
Geran Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Geran has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Geran surname expanded 247 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 680 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 57 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Geran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Geran last name are 18.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.22% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Geran earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.53% less than the national average, earning R 34,380 per year; in United States they earn 16.69% more than the national average, earning $50,352 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.8% less than the national average, earning $40,839 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geran in the Hindi language | ||
| गेरा | gera | 88.64 |
| गेरां | geram | 10.61 |
| गेराँ | geram | 0.76 |
| Geran in the Russian language | ||
| Герань | geran | - |
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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 Geran
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