Gellerman Surname

455,757th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 743 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gellerman Surname Definition:

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

Gellerman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6181:586,50347,922
Israel951:90,08010,606
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Gellerman 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

Gellerman Last Name Facts

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

Gellerman (Russian: Геллерман) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gellerman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 455,757th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,808,272 people. The last name Gellerman occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Gellerman are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 618 people, or 1 in 586,503. In The United States Gellerman is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 18 percent reside, California, where 17 percent reside and New York, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Gellerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gellerman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gellerman surname rose 2,575 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gellerman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gellerman surname are 40.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 94.12% registered to vote for the political party.

Gellerman earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.88% more than the national average, earning $49,568 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gellerman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gellerman in the Russian language
Геллерманgellerman-

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