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 surname Gerang is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerang? popularity and diffusion
It is the 818,364th most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Gerang are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 930,172nd most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 103 people.
It is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 102,056. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Sarawak, where 94 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 3 percent reside and Johor, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Malaysia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 10 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
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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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