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 last name Gerewa occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerewa? popularity and diffusion
Gerewa is the 3,730,171st most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Gerewa are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 79 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Gerewa is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name globally, held by 15 people.
It is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Gerewa is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis