Gerashe Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Gerashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gerashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerashe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerashe? popularity and diffusion
Gerashe is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Gerashe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gerashe live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Gerashe is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 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 Gerashe
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