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
Gereon is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Géréon. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,290,735th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 41,406,511 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Gereon are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 191,698th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,622 people.
Gereon is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 367,650. In Tanzania Gereon is primarily concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 98 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Gereon occurs 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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