Gearhart Surname

50,193rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,228 people bear this surname

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

Gearhart Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gearhart Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,1611:35,6724,450
Philippines241:4,218,259160,165
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
England51:11,143,612252,590
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6481:30,4733,677

Gearhart (26) may also be a first name.

Gearhart Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gearhart is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gearhart.

How Common Is The Last Name Gearhart? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 50,193rd most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 712,509 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Gearhart are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gearhart is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 26 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 10,161 people, or 1 in 35,672. In The United States Gearhart is most frequent in: Ohio, where 8 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Michigan, where 5 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Gearhart Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gearhart has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 617 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gearhart Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gearhart last name are 21.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.1% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gearhart earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 1.49% less than the national average, earning $42,506 USD per year and in Canada they earn 96.55% more than the national average, earning $97,654 CAD per year.

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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 Gearhart
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