Gerónimo Surname

183,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Gerónimo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerónimo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola2,1691:12,4431,529
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Mexico311:4,004,07126,265
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

The alternate forms: Geronimo (87,543), Gerônimo (33), Gerònimo (1), Géronimo (2) & Gêronimo (1) are calculated separately.

Gerónimo (1,767) may also be a first name.

Gerónimo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gerónimo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gerónimo is carried by more people in Angola than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Geronimo, Gerônimo, Gerònimo, Géronimo or Gêronimo. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerónimo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 183,651st most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,152,053 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gerónimo live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Gerónimo is also the 182,056th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 1,767 people.

This last name is most widely held in Angola, where it is carried by 2,169 people, or 1 in 12,443. Aside from Angola this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 4 percent reside and Mexico, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Gerónimo
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