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
The surname Gerema (Russian: Герема) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gerema.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerema? popularity and diffusion
It is the 53,228th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 759,357 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gerema are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Gerema is also the 69,827th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 8,218 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 9,176 people, or 1 in 10,631. Without taking into account Ethiopia it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.
Gerema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gerema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerema surname increased 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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