Geerlings Surname

119,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Geerlings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geerlings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2,6431:6,389712
United States4301:842,92864,333
Germany2751:292,74730,288
Suriname1411:3,919807
Australia841:321,37727,634
New Zealand581:78,07511,384
South Africa351:1,547,93478,799
Belgium301:383,22141,070
England271:2,063,63279,942
Curaçao141:11,232389
Aruba141:7,3911,045
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Austria121:709,62061,025
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
France31:22,140,907385,998
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saint Martin11:35,156229
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Geerlings Last Name Facts

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

Geerlings is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Geerlings? popularity and diffusion

Geerlings is the 119,820th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,901,264 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Geerlings live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 2,643 people, or 1 in 6,389. In The Netherlands Geerlings is most numerous in: South Holland, where 27 percent are found, North Holland, where 17 percent are found and Limburg, where 15 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands it exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Geerlings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Geerlings has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Geerlings last name expanded 1,265 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Geerlings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Geerlings surname are 36.42% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.19% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Geerlings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 71.07% more than the national average, earning R 406,524 per year; in United States they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning $47,910 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.45% more than the national average, earning $66,300 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
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