Gereza Surname
Approximately 1,006 people bear this surname
Gereza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 491 | 1:94,053 | 8,387 |
| Tanzania | 456 | 1:116,100 | 11,115 |
| Philippines | 52 | 1:1,946,889 | 117,777 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Gereza (353) may also be a first name.
Gereza Demographics
Gereza Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gereza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gereza has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gereza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereza? popularity and diffusion
Gereza is the 360,039th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,244,081 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gereza live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gereza is also the 463,770th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 353 people.
The surname Gereza is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 491 people, or 1 in 94,053. In Kenya Gereza is most prevalent in: Kwale County, where 96 percent reside, Kilifi County, where 2 percent reside and Mombasa County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 45 percent reside and The Philippines, where 5 percent reside.
Gereza Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (60%) in Kenya.
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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 Gereza
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