Geritzen Surname

2,635,433rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 54 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Geritzen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geritzen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium351:328,47637,084
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Geritzen Last Name Facts

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

Geritzen is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Geritzen.

How Common Is The Last Name Geritzen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Geritzen is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Geritzen reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Belgium, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 328,476. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 43 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 37 percent live and Walloon Region, where 20 percent live. Not including Belgium this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent live and Canada, where 4 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 Geritzen
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