Gersom Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Gersom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gersom (2,913) may also be a first name.
Gersom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gersom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gersom is found most in Malawi. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gersom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Gersom live; 86 percent live in Southern Africa and 86 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 134,557th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 2,913 people.
It is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Beside Malawi it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 7 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gersom
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