Gehritz Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gehritz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Gehritz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehritz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gehritz is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehritz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Gehritz occurs mostly in Europe, where 89 percent of Gehritz are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany Gehritz is mostly found in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 94 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live. Barring Germany Gehritz exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live.
Gehritz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gehritz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gehritz last name fell 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gehritz
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