Gerang Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Gerang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 289 | 1:102,056 | 6,973 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Gerang (103) may also be a first name.
Gerang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerang is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 818,364th most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Gerang reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gerang is also the 930,172nd most commonly used first name globally, borne by 103 people.
The last name Gerang is most numerous in Malaysia, where it is borne by 289 people, or 1 in 102,056. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 94 percent live, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent live and Johor, where 1 percent live. Other than Malaysia it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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 Gerang
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