Gelster Surname

2,091,648th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 81 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gelster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Gelster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gelster (Russian: Гельстер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelster? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,091,648th most frequent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Gelster reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States Gelster is primarily concentrated in: Nebraska, where 39 percent are found, New York, where 30 percent are found and Colorado, where 11 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Gelster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gelster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gelster last name increased 790 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gelster Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gelster last name are 27.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73.91% being registered to vote for the party.

Gelster earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.02% less than the national average, earning $41,848 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gelster Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelster in the Russian language
Гельстерgelster-

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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
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gelster
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