Gereish Surname
Approximately 1,721 people bear this surname
Gereish Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 848 | 1:31,162 | 2,925 |
| Lebanon | 554 | 1:10,175 | 1,528 |
| Iraq | 246 | 1:142,364 | 3,763 |
| Syria | 41 | 1:470,757 | 5,123 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Gereish (148) may also be a first name.
Gereish Demographics
Gereish Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Gereish Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereish Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gereish is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereish? popularity and diffusion
Gereish is the 234,133rd most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,234,483 people. The last name Gereish is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gereish reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 51 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Gereish is also the 757,758th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 148 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 31,162. In Yemen Gereish is most common in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 50 percent reside, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 29 percent reside and Dhamar Governorate, where 8 percent reside. Beside Yemen it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 32 percent reside and Iraq, where 14 percent reside.
Gereish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Maronite (63%) in Lebanon.
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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 Gereish
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