Getenet Surname

12,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Getenet Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Getenet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia43,6251:2,236390
France1651:402,56259,152
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Getenet (19,125) may also be a first name.

Getenet Last Name Facts

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

The surname Getenet occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Getenet? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 12,817th most widely held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 166,360 people. Getenet occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Getenet live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Getenet is also the 39,109th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 19,125 people.

It is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 43,625 people, or 1 in 2,236. Apart from Ethiopia it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

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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 Getenet
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