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 Male Gehring Height
177.21 cm
Average Female Gehring Height
162.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Gehring Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehring Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gehring is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehring? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gehring is the 25,028th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 338,012 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Gehring are found; 61 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gehring is also the 2,368,944th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 11,730 people, or 1 in 6,863. In Germany Gehring is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 29 percent are found, Bavaria, where 23 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Switzerland, where 4 percent are found.
Gehring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gehring has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gehring last name grew 789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 786 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gehring Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gehring surname are 19.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US 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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