Gehler Surname
Approximately 1,082 people bear this surname
Gehler Surname User-submission:
It derives from the occupational name for a 'town crier', for which the German word is geller. It is also a nickname for a man with red hair, from the Yiddish gel.
Gehler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 641 | 1:125,594 | 15,334 |
| United States | 347 | 1:1,044,550 | 76,531 |
| Switzerland | 36 | 1:228,137 | 19,301 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 30 | 1:1,673,956 | 87,330 |
Gehler Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
It derives from the occupational name for a 'town crier', for which the German word is geller. It is also a nickname for a man with red hair, from the Yiddish gel.
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Gehler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehler Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehler (Oriya: େଗେହର) is found most in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehler? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 339,783rd most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 6,735,255 people. The last name Gehler is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Gehler live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Gehler is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 641 people, or 1 in 125,594. In Germany Gehler is primarily concentrated in: Saxony, where 27 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Switzerland, where 3 percent are found.
Gehler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gehler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gehler last name increased 1,157 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gehler Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gehler surname are 13.99% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.76% being registered with the party.
Gehler earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.7% more than the national average, earning $47,767 USD per year.
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Gehler Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gehler in the Oriya language | ||
| େଗେହର | egehara | - |
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