Gereya Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gereya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gereya (29) may also be a first name.
Gereya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gereya (Oriya: େଗେରୟା) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Gereya reside; 68 percent reside in Southern Africa and 68 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe Gereya is mostly found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 68 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 32 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe Gereya is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gereya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gereya in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗେରୟା | egeraya | 87.5 |
| େଗେରଆ | egera'a | 12.5 |
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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 Gereya
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