Geiger Surname
Approximately 82,368 people bear this surname
Geiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 40,128 | 1:2,006 | 171 |
| United States | 29,980 | 1:12,090 | 1,501 |
| Austria | 2,968 | 1:2,869 | 272 |
| Switzerland | 2,428 | 1:3,383 | 452 |
| France | 1,618 | 1:41,052 | 5,136 |
| Hungary | 1,196 | 1:8,208 | 976 |
| Canada | 1,106 | 1:33,314 | 4,301 |
| Brazil | 493 | 1:434,228 | 16,475 |
| Australia | 456 | 1:59,201 | 7,179 |
| Romania | 288 | 1:69,715 | 8,330 |
| Israel | 283 | 1:30,239 | 4,309 |
| Bolivia | 120 | 1:88,470 | 3,770 |
| England | 111 | 1:501,964 | 31,980 |
| Czechia | 101 | 1:105,282 | 17,363 |
| Sweden | 89 | 1:110,638 | 7,962 |
| Italy | 74 | 1:826,442 | 64,449 |
| South Africa | 72 | 1:752,468 | 52,376 |
| Thailand | 70 | 1:1,009,119 | 153,242 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| Poland | 61 | 1:623,094 | 55,804 |
| Belgium | 57 | 1:201,696 | 26,362 |
| Chile | 50 | 1:352,329 | 9,825 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Argentina | 30 | 1:1,424,780 | 80,162 |
| Croatia | 30 | 1:140,953 | 19,667 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Liechtenstein | 19 | 1:2,020 | 214 |
| Northern Ireland | 19 | 1:97,107 | 6,126 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Norway | 16 | 1:321,393 | 31,311 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Slovakia | 16 | 1:333,528 | 46,365 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Finland | 14 | 1:392,622 | 26,475 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Panama | 5 | 1:782,452 | 11,059 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 1 | 1:9,614 | 134 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 32 | 1:761,730 | 34,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,587 | 1:10,948 | 1,429 |
Geiger (184) may also be a first name.
Geiger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who played a violin.
(from an ancestor's occupation) “Violinist,” in German.
User-submitted Reference
German word for 'violinist' or 'fiddler'.
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Geiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geiger (Arabic: جيجر, Russian: Геигер) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Geiger.
How Common Is The Last Name Geiger? popularity and diffusion
The surname Geiger is the 6,863rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 88,475 people. Geiger occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Geiger live; 57 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 671,014th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 184 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 40,128 people, or 1 in 2,006. In Germany Geiger is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 43 percent are found, Bavaria, where 34 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 96 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 36 percent are found and Austria, where 4 percent are found.
Geiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Geiger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Geiger surname expanded 654 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 347 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Geiger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Geiger are 17.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.53% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Geiger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 37.98% less than the national average, earning €18,626 per year; in Norway they earn 2.88% less than the national average, earning 336,096 kr per year; in Peru they earn 127.75% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,150 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.05% less than the national average, earning R 223,260 per year; in United States they earn 3.93% more than the national average, earning $44,844 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.46% more than the national average, earning $52,397 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geiger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geiger in the Russian language | ||
| Геигер | geiger | - |
| Geiger in the Arabic language | ||
| جيجر | jyjr | - |
| كيجر | kyjr | - |
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Geiger Reference & Research
Geiger DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Geiger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Geiger
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