Gheraia Surname
Approximately 233 people bear this surname
Gheraia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 208 | 1:185,729 | 22,813 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Ghéraia (1) & Gheraïa (1) are calculated separately.
Gheraia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gheraia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gheraia is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Ghéraia or Gheraïa. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gheraia.
How Common Is The Last Name Gheraia? popularity and diffusion
Gheraia is the 1,067,497th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. The last name Gheraia is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gheraia are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 89 percent are found in Mahgreb.
Gheraia is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 185,729. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Aïn Defla Province, where 98 percent reside and Blida Province, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 10 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Gheraia
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