Gerchu Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Gerchu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 73 | 1:48,786 | 7,136 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
Gerchu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerchu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerchu (Russian: Герчу) is held by more people in Moldova than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerchu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,967,751st most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerchu live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in Romanian Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 48,786. In Moldova it is most numerous in: Găgăuzia, where 95 percent reside, Chișinău Municipality, where 4 percent reside and Bălți Municipality, where 1 percent reside. Beside Moldova Gerchu is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 18 percent reside and Transnistria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerchu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerchu in the Russian language | ||
| Герчу | gercu | - |
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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 Gerchu
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