Getamesay Surname

85,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Getamesay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Getamesay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia5,6341:17,3142,331
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Getamesay (3,590) may also be a first name.

Getamesay Last Name Facts

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

The last name Getamesay is held by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Getamesay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Getamesay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Getamesay is the 85,580th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,293,265 people. The surname Getamesay occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Getamesay are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 118,098th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 3,590 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 5,634 people, or 1 in 17,314. Barring Ethiopia Getamesay exists in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Getamesaye9526/
Getamessay9510/
Eatametse6717/
Gitamisah673/
Cetamisah671/
Gotamisah671/
Itamisa635/
Sethamisah631/
Gatamazi598/
Itamisah594/
Itamissa591/
Itamisia591/
Ghatamazi564/
Itamaisah563/
Gotamasih561/
Ghatamase561/
Itamisi501/
Itamicy501/

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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 Getamesay
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