Germains Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Haiti

Germains Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Germains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico311:4,004,07126,265
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Haiti51:2,136,78115,037
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Germains (45) may also be a first name.

Germains Last Name Facts

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

The last name Germains is held by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Germains? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Germains occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Germains reside; 79 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 45 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 4,004,071. In Mexico Germains is most frequent in: Durango, where 61 percent reside, Querétaro, where 16 percent reside and Sonora, where 10 percent reside. Other than Mexico Germains is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Haiti, where 10 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 Germains
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