Gerdels Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Latvia

Gerdels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerdels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Latvia71:292,86424,791
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gerdels Last Name Facts

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

Gerdels is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerdels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Gerdels is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Gerdels live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 42 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 100 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 37 percent are found and Canada, where 16 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gardels86145/
Gordels861/
Erdelles8011/
Gardells802/
Erdelz771/
Erdles771/
Gardelles752/
Gerdilles752/
Gordils71440/
Gerdlch711/
Girdils711/
Girdles711/
Jerdles710/
Gordills6714/
Gaardløs674/
Ehrdilch531/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Gerdels
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