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.
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Gero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gero Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gero (Georgian: გერო, Hindi: गेरो, Russian: Геро) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Geró, Géro, Gerô, Gerõ or Géró. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gero? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 64,945th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 947,050 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Gero live; 29 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gero is also the 48,368th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 14,111 people.
The surname Gero is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,054 people, or 1 in 86,243. In Nigeria Gero is most frequent in: Kebbi, where 34 percent are found, Sokoto, where 14 percent are found and Zamfara, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 69 countries. It is also common 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 over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gero last name expanded 574 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gero Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly 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 national average, with 56.57% registered with the political 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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