Gasper Surname
Approximately 28,432 people bear this surname
Gasper Surname Definition:
(English) Descendant of Casper or Jasper (master of the treasure).
Gasper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 15,452 | 1:3,426 | 476 |
| United States | 6,783 | 1:53,436 | 6,410 |
| Germany | 1,866 | 1:43,143 | 5,663 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Philippines | 744 | 1:136,073 | 23,047 |
| Moldova | 577 | 1:6,172 | 958 |
| Nigeria | 352 | 1:503,246 | 25,072 |
| England | 260 | 1:214,300 | 18,301 |
| Canada | 228 | 1:161,603 | 16,308 |
| Australia | 138 | 1:195,621 | 19,280 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Indonesia | 109 | 1:1,213,295 | 85,606 |
| Austria | 108 | 1:78,847 | 11,877 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Kenya | 71 | 1:650,421 | 29,207 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| Slovakia | 59 | 1:90,448 | 17,420 |
| Poland | 44 | 1:863,835 | 66,160 |
| Russia | 44 | 1:3,275,524 | 171,933 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Brazil | 40 | 1:5,351,858 | 134,966 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Belgium | 21 | 1:547,459 | 51,586 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Guyana | 16 | 1:47,639 | 4,360 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15 | 1:90,932 | 6,341 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Slovenia | 11 | 1:226,152 | 15,984 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Solomon Islands | 8 | 1:72,504 | 14,153 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 1:35,756 | 1,958 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Nauru | 4 | 1:2,970 | 349 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Dominica | 3 | 1:25,297 | 621 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Marshall Islands | 3 | 1:17,274 | 1,698 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 58 | 1:420,265 | 24,785 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 460 | 1:109,171 | 10,893 |
The alternate forms: Gașper (56) & Gaşper (1) are calculated separately.
Gasper (22,774) may also be a first name.
Gasper Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Descendant of Casper or Jasper (master of the treasure).
Gasper Demographics
Average Gasper Salary in
United States
$43,101 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gasper Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gasper Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gasper (Marathi: पेर, Russian: Гаспер) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear as: Gașper or Gaşper. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gasper? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gasper is the 19,333rd most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 256,315 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 60 percent of Gasper live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gasper is also the 34,255th most widely held forename globally, borne by 22,774 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 15,452 people, or 1 in 3,426. In Tanzania Gasper is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 17 percent live, Kilimanjaro Region, where 13 percent live and Arusha Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 84 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent live and Germany, where 7 percent live.
Gasper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gasper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gasper surname increased 1,475 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 448 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gasper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gasper last name are 8.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.73% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gasper earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 16.13% less than the national average, earning 290,253 kr per year; in United States they earn 0.11% less than the national average, earning $43,101 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.4% less than the national average, earning $48,989 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gasper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gasper in the Marathi language | ||
| पेर | pera | 73.33 |
| गसपेर | gasapera | 20 |
| गासपर | gasapara | 6.67 |
| Gasper in the Russian language | ||
| Гаспер | gasper | - |
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Gasper Reference & Research
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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
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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 Gasper
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