Gather Surname
Approximately 957 people bear this surname
Gather Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 610 | 1:131,976 | 16,079 |
| United States | 281 | 1:1,289,889 | 90,528 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 336 | 1:149,460 | 13,879 |
Gather (88) may also be a first name.
Gather Demographics
Average Gather Salary in
United States
$37,903 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gather Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gather Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gather (Hindi: गाठेर, Tibetan: དགའ་མཐེར།) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gather? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gather is the 374,335th most frequent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,614,991 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Gather live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe. Gather is also the 1,017,994th most commonly used forename world-wide It is held by 88 people.
The last name Gather is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 610 people, or 1 in 131,976. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 76 percent are found, Bavaria, where 8 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
Gather Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gather has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gather last name declined 16 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 57 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gather Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gather are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.78% being registered with the political party.
Gather earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.16% less than the national average, earning $37,903 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gather Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gather in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་མཐེར། | gater | - |
| Gather in the Hindi language | ||
| गाठेर | gathera | - |
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Gather Reference & Research
Gatter DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Gatter FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gather
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