Gehring Surname
Approximately 21,560 people bear this surname
Gehring Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from Old High German gêr, meaning 'spear'.
Gehring Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11,730 | 1:6,863 | 848 |
| United States | 7,044 | 1:51,456 | 6,201 |
| Switzerland | 863 | 1:9,517 | 1,550 |
| Brazil | 606 | 1:353,258 | 13,531 |
| Canada | 364 | 1:101,224 | 10,979 |
| Austria | 239 | 1:35,629 | 5,745 |
| Netherlands | 186 | 1:90,791 | 14,945 |
| France | 162 | 1:410,017 | 60,039 |
| South Africa | 78 | 1:694,586 | 49,962 |
| England | 55 | 1:1,013,056 | 50,089 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Thailand | 28 | 1:2,522,798 | 271,580 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Hungary | 21 | 1:467,442 | 30,347 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Spain | 11 | 1:4,250,185 | 75,241 |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 1:478,007 | 4,148 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 893 | 1:56,236 | 6,290 |
Gehring (21) may also be a first name.
Gehring Surname Meaning
Gehring Demographics
Average Gehring Salary in
United States
$45,572 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gehring Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehring Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gehring occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehring? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 25,028th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 338,012 people. The surname Gehring occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Gehring live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Gehring is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 11,730 people, or 1 in 6,863. In Germany Gehring is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 29 percent live, Bavaria, where 23 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live. Aside from Germany it is found in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent live and Switzerland, where 4 percent live.
Gehring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gehring has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gehring surname expanded 789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 786 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gehring Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gehring last name are 19.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.17% registered with the party.
The amount Gehring earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.69% less than the national average, earning 243,344 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning R 313,584 per year; in United States they earn 5.62% more than the national average, earning $45,572 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $50,416 CAD per year.
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