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 surname Gehring is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can 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 last name Gehring is the 25,028th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 338,012 people. The last name is mostly found 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 frequently used first name in the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 11,730 people, or 1 in 6,863. In Germany it is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 29 percent reside, Bavaria, where 23 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname is found in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.
Gehring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gehring has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gehring last name increased 789 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 786 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gehring Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gehring are 19.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.17% being registered with the political 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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