Gereon Surname
Approximately 176 people bear this surname
Gereon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 144 | 1:367,650 | 26,957 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Géréon (2) are calculated separately.
Gereon (1,622) may also be a first name.
Gereon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gereon is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Géréon. For other possible spellings of Gereon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 41,406,511 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Gereon reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 191,698th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 1,622 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 367,650. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kagera Region, where 98 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Gereon exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 5 percent reside and Belgium, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Gereon
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