Getere Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Getere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 215 | 1:246,240 | 19,907 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Getere (84) may also be a first name.
Getere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Getere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Getere occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Getere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Getere is the 1,118,459th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Getere reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Getere is also the 1,046,220th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 84 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 246,240. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 98 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Getere
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