Gereš Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Gereš Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 40 | 1:105,715 | 16,512 |
| Czechia | 30 | 1:354,449 | 42,602 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
The alternate forms: Geres (2,063), Gereş (52) & Gereș (1) are calculated separately.
Gereš Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gereš Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gereš occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Geres, Gereş or Gereș. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gereš? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gereš is the 2,168,711th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gereš reside; 53 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 53 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Gereš is most widely held in Croatia, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 105,715. In Croatia Gereš is most numerous in: Zagreb County, where 60 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 23 percent reside and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 39 percent reside and Slovakia, where 8 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
- 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 Gereš
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