Gaertner Surname

58,455th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,650 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Greenland

Gaertner Surname Definition:

(German) One who tended a garden, cultivating flowers and vegetables.

Gaertner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7411:132,23613,913
Germany2,4811:32,4494,280
France1,0391:63,9298,760
Brazil8061:265,60110,235
Israel5441:15,7312,358
Canada2131:172,98417,319
Poland1641:231,76129,809
Netherlands1421:118,92418,728
Australia1241:217,70720,896
Austria631:135,16618,435
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
England401:1,392,95161,553
Spain311:1,508,13046,256
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Switzerland191:432,25931,718
Mexico181:6,895,90033,734
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Norway101:514,22941,629
Honduras91:979,6054,574
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Greenland71:8,054710
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Luxembourg61:96,7576,198
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Bosnia and Herzegovina41:884,10015,259
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
China21:683,660,78330,601
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:295,40423,539

Gaertner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who tended a garden, cultivating flowers and vegetables.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gaertner Last Name Facts

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

Gaertner occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaertner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gaertner is the 58,455th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 842,491 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 47 percent of Gaertner reside; 44 percent reside in Western Europe and 31 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gaertner is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 2,741 people, or 1 in 132,236. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 8 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Missouri, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in 51 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 29 percent reside and France, where 12 percent reside.

Gaertner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gaertner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gaertner last name expanded 1,612 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gaertner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gaertner surname are 11.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.06% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gaertner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning 345,023 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 148.99% more than the national average, earning R 591,696 per year; in United States they earn 8.19% more than the national average, earning $46,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.41% more than the national average, earning $52,370 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaerttner9477/
Gaerthner9419/
Gaertnier9417/
Gaertnert941/
Gaerdtner941/
Gartner9319,557/
Gertner933,184/
Ghertner88127/
Haertner8862/
Garthner8838/
Geartner8828/
Gardtner8826/
Goertner8825/
Gerthner8822/
Giertner8815/
Garttner889/
Gerrtner885/
Garrtner881/
Gairtner880/
Gartnier880/
Gaertnerová847/
Ghertnier821/
Gärtner8040,354/
Gortner80360/
Oertner8084/
Görtner8019/
Gértner801/
Gertnär801/
Gõrtner801/
Gartnir800/
Gärttner75132/
Hiertner7528/
Hoertner7524/
Gorthner757/
Gourtner752/
Gärthner751/
Gärdtner751/
Gärrtner751/
Eheartner711/
Gärtnerová67216/

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