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 occurs in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereish? popularity and diffusion
It is the 234,133rd most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,234,483 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gereish live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Gereish is also the 757,758th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 148 people.
Gereish is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is carried by 848 people, or 1 in 31,162. In Yemen Gereish is mostly concentrated in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 50 percent live, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 29 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 8 percent live. Besides Yemen this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 32 percent live and Iraq, where 14 percent live.
Gereish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Gereish surname 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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