Gelderman Surname

355,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,024 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Gelderman Surname Definition:

(Dutch) One who came from Gelders, a province in Holland.

Gelderman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4911:34,3935,754
United States2801:1,294,49690,776
Canada881:418,70036,754
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Gelderman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) One who came from Gelders, a province in Holland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gelderman Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gelderman Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gelderman (Russian: Гельдерман) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelderman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 355,117th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 7,116,744 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 51 percent of Gelderman are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 491 people, or 1 in 34,393. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: Gelderland, where 26 percent live, Overijssel, where 21 percent live and North Holland, where 16 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Gelderman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gelderman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gelderman last name grew 2,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gelderman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gelderman surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gelderman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.01% more than the national average, earning R 380,244 per year; in United States they earn 13.93% more than the national average, earning $49,161 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $50,909 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gelderman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelderman in the Russian language
Гельдерманgelderman-

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