Gerö Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Gerö Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerö Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria461:185,11823,639
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Gerõ (1) are calculated separately.

Gerö Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gerö has its highest incidence in Austria. It can appear as a variant: Gerõ. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerö? popularity and diffusion

Gerö is the 2,220,661st most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gerö are found; 71 percent are found in Western Europe and 71 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Gerö is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 185,118. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Vienna, where 83 percent reside, Lower Austria, where 15 percent reside and Styria, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Austria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 25 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerõ921/
Garö7560/
Geröová7317/
Geroe6753/
Gereu6734/
Gerhä6729/
Göröz678/
Gerui676/
Gerae672/
Gerțui604/
Goeroe601/
Gerroe600/

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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 Gerö
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