Gerewa Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gerewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gerewa (15) may also be a first name.
Gerewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerewa is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerewa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Gerewa live; 79 percent live in Southern Africa and 79 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Gerewa is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.
The surname Gerewa is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Gerewa is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Gerewa occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gerewa
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