Gerion Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Gerion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 425 | 1:124,569 | 11,765 |
| Italy | 163 | 1:375,194 | 43,278 |
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Gérion (4) are calculated separately.
Gerion (703) may also be a first name.
Gerion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerion Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerion (Russian: Герион) is most common in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms: Gérion. For other possible spellings of Gerion click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerion? popularity and diffusion
Gerion is the 449,465th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. Gerion occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Gerion are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 311,646th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 703 people.
Gerion is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 425 people, or 1 in 124,569. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mtwara Region, where 44 percent live, Lindi Region, where 35 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 22 percent live and France, where 19 percent live.
Gerion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gerion has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gerion surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerion Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerion in the Russian language | ||
| Герион | gerion | - |
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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 Gerion
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