Gereson Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Gereson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gereson (201) may also be a first name.
Gereson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gereson is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gereson is the 2,007,164th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 68 percent of Gereson are found; 68 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 68 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Gereson is also the 639,077th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 201 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 138,199. In Papua New Guinea Gereson is primarily concentrated in: New Ireland, where 56 percent reside, Morobe, where 39 percent reside and East New Britain, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 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
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- 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 Gereson
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