Gherras Surname
Approximately 2,044 people bear this surname
Gherras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,060 | 1:36,445 | 6,625 |
| Morocco | 682 | 1:50,551 | 8,318 |
| France | 293 | 1:226,699 | 35,158 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gherras (16) may also be a first name.
Gherras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gherras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gherras is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gherras click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gherras? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 203,556th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,565,336 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Gherras live; 85 percent live in North Africa and 85 percent live in Mahgreb. Gherras is also the 2,786,762nd most common forename globally, held by 16 people.
The last name Gherras is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 1,060 people, or 1 in 36,445. In Algeria Gherras is most common in: Aïn Témouchent Province, where 51 percent are found, Souk Ahras Province, where 19 percent are found and Tlemcen Province, where 15 percent are found. Beside Algeria Gherras exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 33 percent are found and France, where 14 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
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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 Gherras
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