Gergeľ Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Gergeľ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 154 | 1:34,652 | 6,286 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
The alternate forms: Gergeĺ (2) are calculated separately.
Gergeľ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gergeľ Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gergeľ is held by more people in Slovakia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Gergeĺ. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gergeľ? popularity and diffusion
Gergeľ is the 1,391,595th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gergeľ reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
Gergeľ is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 34,652. In Slovakia it is primarily concentrated in: Košice Region, where 55 percent live, Prešov Region, where 24 percent live and Banská Bystrica Region, where 11 percent live. Aside from Slovakia this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Czechia, where 2 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 Gergeľ
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