Gearheard Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gearheard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gearheard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States911:3,983,065216,270
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Gearheard Last Name Facts

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

Gearheard occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gearheard? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,736,881st most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gearheard are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 3,983,065. In The United States Gearheard is most common in: Washington, where 19 percent reside, California, where 16 percent reside and Georgia, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States Gearheard exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 18 percent reside.

Gearheard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gearheard has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 650 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gearheard Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gearheard last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Gearheard earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 58.34% more than the national average, earning $68,320 USD 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 Gearheard
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