Gaerste Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Gaerste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaerste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela1101:274,5836,549
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gaerste Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gaerste occurs most in Venezuela. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaerste? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. Gaerste is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Gaerste live; 93 percent live in South America and 92 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The surname Gaerste is most widespread in Venezuela, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 274,583. In Venezuela Gaerste is mostly concentrated in: Carabobo, where 76 percent reside, Lara, where 5 percent reside and Cojedes, where 5 percent reside. Without taking into account Venezuela this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaerster932/
Gerste92283/
Garstea86861/
Gerszte861/
Gerstte860/
Gershtey801/
Goerst7776/
Gersti774/
Eerste773/
Garsty771/
Gorste771/
Gersty771/
Awerstedt7512/
Oersted7116/
Gharsti711/
Garştea711/
Garshti711/
Hoerste711/
Garssty710/
Gershty710/
Earsted710/
Hayerstead710/
Hoerster67284/
Eiersted67134/
Eirstedt6712/
Ejersted679/
Hoersted672/
Gharshti671/
Heiersted639/
Eierstedt639/
Ejerstedt633/
Haggersty632/
Gorsti621/
Eursti621/
Oijerstedt591/
Goursta57578/
Hearsty572/
Oursted570/
Ghorshti532/
Haurstich500/

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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 Gaerste
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