Gastrow Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gastrow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gastrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Gastrow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gastrow has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gastrow.

How Common Is The Last Name Gastrow? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,943,350th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 39 percent of Gastrow live; 39 percent live in Southern Africa and 39 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States Gastrow is most frequent in: Nevada, where 10 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 8 percent reside and Iowa, where 5 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 39 percent reside and Brazil, where 16 percent reside.

Gastrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gastrow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gastrow last name grew 174 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gastrow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gastrow surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 83.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Gastrow earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.93% more than the national average, earning R 280,248 per year and in United States they earn 7.34% more than the national average, earning $46,316 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Astrow9253/
Austrow863/
Gastraw860/
Gastroph804/
Gastroff801/
Gaathrow800/
Ostrow772,235/
Astrov77281/
Astrof7768/
Gotrow771/
Astrova71278/
Astroff7168/
Austraw7149/
Gothrow7134/
Gaytrov7132/
Gostrov7110/
Gastrab716/
Gatroff714/
Astrovs711/
Eastrof710/
Gostrova6760/
Gayterov6748/
Gaytrova6733/
Aushtrov6723/
Ghatrouf674/
Aistrova671/
Gaiterov671/
Gouthrow671/
Astrophe671/
Ghatroub671/

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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 Gastrow
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