Gersigny Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gersigny Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gersigny Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gersigny Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gersigny is found most frequently in Mauritius. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gersigny? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gersigny is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gersigny reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 67 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritius, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 323,354. In Mauritius it is mostly found in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent reside. Besides Mauritius it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 17 percent reside and South Africa, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gersigney | 94 | 1 | / |
| Hersigny | 88 | 18 | / |
| D'Hersigny | 78 | 6 | / |
| Gersegno | 75 | 1 | / |
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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 Gersigny
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