Gekeler Surname
Approximately 1,093 people bear this surname
Gekeler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 997 | 1:80,748 | 10,201 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
Gekeler Demographics
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Gekeler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gekeler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gekeler is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gekeler? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 337,050th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 6,667,471 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Gekeler reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Gekeler is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 997 people, or 1 in 80,748. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 91 percent are found, Hesse, where 3 percent are found and Berlin, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.
Gekeler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gekeler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gekeler surname expanded 319 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gekeler Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gekeler last name are 40.73% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 87.5% registered with the party.
Gekeler earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.4% less than the national average, earning $32,191 USD per year.
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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
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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
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