Gero Surname
Approximately 7,695 people bear this surname
Gero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,054 | 1:86,243 | 6,052 |
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| United States | 1,560 | 1:232,345 | 22,355 |
| Indonesia | 266 | 1:497,177 | 40,699 |
| Kenya | 263 | 1:175,589 | 13,278 |
| Philippines | 248 | 1:408,219 | 51,950 |
| Canada | 232 | 1:158,817 | 16,066 |
| Niger | 172 | 1:111,581 | 4,448 |
| Israel | 124 | 1:69,013 | 8,556 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| Russia | 65 | 1:2,217,278 | 133,552 |
| Hungary | 55 | 1:178,478 | 15,519 |
| Brazil | 54 | 1:3,964,339 | 108,357 |
| Taiwan | 52 | 1:450,860 | 3,427 |
| Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
| Romania | 41 | 1:489,704 | 37,604 |
| Albania | 35 | 1:83,259 | 8,773 |
| Argentina | 34 | 1:1,257,159 | 73,489 |
| Serbia | 34 | 1:210,146 | 12,577 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Slovakia | 27 | 1:197,646 | 32,915 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Greece | 22 | 1:503,627 | 63,727 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Belarus | 17 | 1:558,886 | 50,306 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Poland | 15 | 1:2,533,917 | 108,409 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 272 | 1:184,628 | 16,354 |
The alternate forms: Geró (13), Géro (3), Gerô (2), Gerõ (1) & Géró (141) are calculated separately.
Gero (14,111) may also be a first name.
Gero Demographics
Gero Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Gero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gero Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gero (Georgian: გერო, Hindi: गेरो, Russian: Геро) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms: Geró, Géro, Gerô, Gerõ or Géró. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gero? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 64,945th most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 947,050 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Gero are found; 29 percent are found in West Africa and 27 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gero is also the 48,368th most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 14,111 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,054 people, or 1 in 86,243. In Nigeria Gero is primarily found in: Kebbi, where 34 percent are found, Sokoto, where 14 percent are found and Zamfara, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 69 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.
Gero Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gero has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gero surname expanded 574 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gero Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (82%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Gero surname are 9.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.57% registered with the party.
The amount Gero earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.69% more than the national average, earning $45,603 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.06% less than the national average, earning $41,206 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gero Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gero in the Georgian language | ||
| გერო | gero | - |
| Gero in the Hindi language | ||
| गेरो | gero | 98.98 |
| गेराे | gerae | 0.65 |
| ग्ोरो | goro | 0.28 |
| गीरो | giro | 0.09 |
| Gero in the Russian language | ||
| Геро | gero | - |
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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
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- 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 Gero
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