Gerontas Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Gerontas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerontas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2141:51,7758,560
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Gerontas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gerontas is borne by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerontas? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,108,016th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Gerontas live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Gerontas is most frequently used in Greece, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 51,775. In Greece it is most frequent in: Attica, where 38 percent are found, South Aegean, where 25 percent are found and Epirus, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece Gerontas exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geronta9394/
Gerontos881/
Gerguntas824/
Geranta80148/
Gironta8042/
Garantas752/
Serantas751/
Serhantas714/
Gerantois711/
Seranteas711/
Seranta67152/
Giranta67124/
Gıranta6760/
Jeranta6722/
Eramtas673/
Geranto671/
Serontou6375/
Sieranta6313/
Ngiranta635/
Irantash633/
Guiranta632/
Serantos631/
Gerantey630/
Serrantos593/
Ceranto53425/
Irantos5336/
Seranto5325/
Giranto5316/
Zeranto5314/
Siranta538/
Sironto531/
Iramtas531/
Serranto509/
Cerranto501/

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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 Gerontas
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