Gershion Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Gershion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gershion (75) may also be a first name.
Gershion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gershion Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gershion occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gershion? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gershion reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most common forename worldwide, borne by 75 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 60 percent are found and Rivers, where 40 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 8 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gershion
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