Gesha Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Gesha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 92 | 1:588,888 | 45,159 |
| Russia | 46 | 1:3,133,110 | 167,157 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Gesha (925) may also be a first name.
Gesha Demographics
Average Gesha Salary in
South Africa
R 403,992
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gesha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gesha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gesha (Hindi: गेशा, Marathi: गेशा, Russian: Геша) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gesha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,115,011th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Gesha are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 266,220th most commonly used first name globally, held by 925 people.
The last name Gesha is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 92 people, or 1 in 588,888. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 50 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 39 percent live and Gauteng, where 7 percent live. Apart from South Africa Gesha exists in 18 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 21 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent live.
Gesha Last Name Statistics demography
Gesha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 70% more than the national average, earning R 403,992 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gesha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gesha in the Marathi language | ||
| गेशा | gesa | - |
| Gesha in the Hindi language | ||
| गेशा | gesa | 95.24 |
| गेषा | gesa | 4.76 |
| Gesha in the Russian language | ||
| Геша | gesa | - |
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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 Gesha
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