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 surname Gereish is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereish? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gereish is the 234,133rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,234,483 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Gereish reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 51 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 757,758th most widely held first name in the world, held by 148 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is borne by 848 people, or 1 in 31,162. In Yemen it is most common in: Al Jawf Governorate, where 50 percent are found, Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 29 percent are found and Dhamar Governorate, where 8 percent are found. Barring Yemen this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 32 percent are found and Iraq, where 14 percent are found.
Gereish Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gereish 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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