Gerishon Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Gerishon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Gerishon (836) may also be a first name.
Gerishon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerishon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerishon is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerishon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gerishon is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Gerishon is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gerishon live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 282,418th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 836 people.
The surname Gerishon is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Gerishon is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 44 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 44 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Gerishon
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