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

The last name Gellerman (Russian: Геллерман) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gellerman.

How Common Is The Last Name Gellerman? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gellerman is the 455,757th most frequently held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 9,808,272 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Gellerman live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Gellerman is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 586,503. In The United States Gellerman is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 18 percent are found, California, where 17 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Gellerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Gellerman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gellerman are 40.89% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.12% being registered to vote for the 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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