Gerua Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Gerua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 123 | 1:66,290 | 8,647 |
| India | 86 | 1:8,919,365 | 180,249 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gerua (64) may also be a first name.
Gerua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerua (Hindi: गेरुआ, Oriya: େଗରୁଆ) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gerua is the 1,133,308th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 58 percent of Gerua live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Gerua is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 64 people.
This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 123 people, or 1 in 66,290. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Chimbu, where 40 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 20 percent live and Central, where 15 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea Gerua is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent live and Brazil, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerua in the Hindi language | ||
| गेरुआ | geru'a | - |
| Gerua in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗରୁଆ | egaru'a | - |
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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
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- 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 Gerua
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