Geller Surname
Approximately 19,357 people bear this surname
Geller Surname Definition:
(German) Descendant of Gelther (sacrifice, army); one who is known for shrieking; one who came from Geldern, in Prussia.
Read More About This SurnameGeller Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,507 | 1:34,497 | 4,302 |
| Germany | 2,863 | 1:28,119 | 3,706 |
| Israel | 2,043 | 1:4,189 | 601 |
| Russia | 872 | 1:165,279 | 18,861 |
| Brazil | 842 | 1:254,245 | 9,795 |
| Canada | 446 | 1:82,613 | 9,203 |
| England | 294 | 1:189,517 | 16,830 |
| Poland | 219 | 1:173,556 | 23,920 |
| Argentina | 196 | 1:218,079 | 17,960 |
| France | 105 | 1:632,597 | 82,532 |
| Australia | 102 | 1:264,664 | 24,097 |
| Estonia | 96 | 1:13,769 | 2,151 |
| Hungary | 73 | 1:134,470 | 12,406 |
| Belarus | 57 | 1:166,685 | 22,308 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| Austria | 41 | 1:207,694 | 25,759 |
| Peru | 39 | 1:814,978 | 17,459 |
| South Africa | 36 | 1:1,504,936 | 77,557 |
| Ecuador | 35 | 1:454,453 | 10,445 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Turkey | 27 | 1:2,882,275 | 84,327 |
| Uzbekistan | 27 | 1:1,145,524 | 21,534 |
| China | 25 | 1:54,692,863 | 2,965 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Mexico | 24 | 1:5,171,925 | 29,601 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| Latvia | 23 | 1:89,132 | 12,995 |
| Chile | 21 | 1:838,880 | 17,964 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Moldova | 4 | 1:890,342 | 46,069 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1:1,434,974 | 11,081 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 24 | 1:1,015,640 | 40,589 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 439 | 1:114,393 | 11,307 |
The alternate forms: Gellér (556) are calculated separately.
Geller (155) may also be a first name.
Geller Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Descendant of Gelther (sacrifice, army); one who is known for shrieking; one who came from Geldern, in Prussia.
User-submitted Reference
Geller is an Ashkenazi Jewish nickname for a man with red hair, from the Yiddish gel, meaning 'red-headed' (Middle High German gel, meaning 'yellow'). There has been significant confusion with German gelb, meaning 'yellow', since the meaning change from 'yellow' to 'red' only took place in Yiddish and only with reference to people's complexion or hair coloring.
In Russia, it is also a Jewish variant of Heller, since Russian has no h and alters h in borrowed words to g.
- haffman97It derives from the occupational name for a 'town crier', for which the German word is geller. It is also a nickname for a man with red hair, from the Yiddish gel.
- kimmaikoGeller Demographics
Geller Political Affiliation
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Geller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geller (Georgian: გელლერ, Russian: Геллер) occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as: Gellér. For other potential spellings of Geller click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geller? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 27,783rd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 376,481 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Geller are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 738,219th most frequently occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 155 people.
Geller is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 10,507 people, or 1 in 34,497. In The United States Geller is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The United States it is found in 88 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 15 percent reside and Israel, where 11 percent reside.
Geller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Geller has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 2,393 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 1,225 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Geller Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Geller surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (79%) in Russia and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Geller last name are 41.37% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.6% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Geller earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 28.26% less than the national average, earning 248,291 kr per year; in Peru they earn 220.19% more than the national average, earning S/. 62,068 per year; in South Africa they earn 33.51% less than the national average, earning R 158,016 per year; in United States they earn 24.61% more than the national average, earning $53,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.69% more than the national average, earning $65,430 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geller Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geller in the Georgian language | ||
| გელლერ | geller | - |
| Geller in the Russian language | ||
| Геллер | geller | - |
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Geller Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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