Gehling Surname
Approximately 2,817 people bear this surname
Gehling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,680 | 1:47,920 | 6,273 |
| United States | 866 | 1:418,544 | 36,318 |
| Brazil | 172 | 1:1,244,618 | 42,789 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 71 | 1:707,305 | 45,577 |
Gehling Demographics
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Gehling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehling Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gehling is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehling? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 155,544th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,586,988 people. Gehling occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Gehling are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,680 people, or 1 in 47,920. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found and Bavaria, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.
Gehling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gehling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gehling last name rose 1,220 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gehling Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gehling are 35.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 82.46% being registered to vote for the political party.
Gehling earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.07% more than the national average, earning $44,906 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 Gehling
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