Gerema Surname
Approximately 9,597 people bear this surname
Gerema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 9,176 | 1:10,631 | 1,583 |
| Nigeria | 220 | 1:805,194 | 35,881 |
| Zimbabwe | 179 | 1:86,247 | 12,510 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gerema (8,218) may also be a first name.
Gerema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerema (Russian: Герема) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 53,228th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 759,357 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gerema live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gerema is also the 69,827th most frequent first name internationally. It is borne by 8,218 people.
Gerema is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 9,176 people, or 1 in 10,631. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Gerema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gerema has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerema surname rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerema in the Russian language | ||
| Герема | gerema | - |
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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 Gerema
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