Geraz Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Geraz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 496 | 1:106,737 | 10,381 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Geraz (12) may also be a first name.
Geraz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geraz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geraz is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geraz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 612,595th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Geraz reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 496 people, or 1 in 106,737. In Tanzania Geraz is most numerous in: Kagera Region, where 95 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 2 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 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 Geraz
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