Geritan Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Geritan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geritan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1061:759,48556,711
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Geritan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Geritan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Geritan is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Geritan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,746,159th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Geritan reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 759,485. In Germany Geritan is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany Geritan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 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 Geritan
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