Gearson Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Gearson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gearson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:15,759,084542,937
England101:5,571,806158,774
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gearson (46) may also be a first name.

Gearson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gearson is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gearson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Gearson live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gearson is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name globally, held by 46 people.

The last name Gearson is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 15,759,084. In The United States Gearson is mostly found in: Texas, where 39 percent reside, Illinois, where 30 percent reside and New York, where 9 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 28 percent reside and Bahrain, where 3 percent reside.

Gearson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gearson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 329 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 143 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gearson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gearson surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Gearson earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 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
  • 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 Gearson
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