Geto Surname
Approximately 2,496 people bear this surname
Geto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,093 | 1:46,606 | 5,024 |
| DR Congo | 89 | 1:830,108 | 57,152 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Japan | 30 | 1:4,261,476 | 37,285 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Getó (1) are calculated separately.
Geto (6,122) may also be a first name.
Geto Demographics
Geto Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Geto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geto (Marathi: गेतो, Russian: Гето, Tibetan: རྒྱས་ཏོ།) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Getó. For other possible spellings of Geto click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geto? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geto is the 172,362nd most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,919,690 people. The last name Geto is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Geto live; 84 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 84,594th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 6,122 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,093 people, or 1 in 46,606. Barring Ethiopia Geto occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Geto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Geto surname is principally Orthodox (60%) in Ukraine.
Geto earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.84% more than the national average, earning $57,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geto in the Marathi language | ||
| गेतो | geto | - |
| Geto in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྒྱས་ཏོ། | gyéto | 50 |
| དགེ་ཏོ་ | géto | 50 |
| Geto in the Russian language | ||
| Гето | geto | - |
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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
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- 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 Geto
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