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 occurs most in Malawi. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gersom? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,972,191 people. Gersom 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. Gersom is also the 134,557th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 2,913 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Malawi, where it is held by 261 people, or 1 in 65,590. Barring Malawi it is found in 9 countries. It is also found 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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