Gerfen Surname

446,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Aruba

Gerfen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerfen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5381:673,71553,674
Netherlands1051:160,83023,699
Germany901:894,50563,669
England111:5,065,278148,650
Aruba91:11,4971,511
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Gerfen Last Name Facts

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

Gerfen is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerfen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 446,308th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 9,538,673 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Gerfen live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Gerfen is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 538 people, or 1 in 673,715. In The United States Gerfen is primarily found in: California, where 23 percent are found, Nevada, where 19 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.

Gerfen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gerfen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerfen last name expanded 3,843 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerfen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gerfen last name are 18.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.56% registered to vote for the party.

Gerfen earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.39% more than the national average, earning $43,749 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Erfen91124/
Grefen83440/
Gerfin83216/
Herfen8382/
Garfen8335/
Erfenk8319/
Erfeng831/
Gorfen831/
Gerfem831/
Greffen7752/
Cherfen7739/
Gorfien7730/
Garfien7710/
Guerfin772/
Guirfen771/
Grefeen771/
Girffen771/
Gorffen770/
Gerffin770/
Erfin73260/
Irfen736/
Grefn733/
Erfem731/
Herfn731/
Gireffen711/
Garfin671,787/
Erfina67931/
Gorfin6792/
Serfin6792/
Gorrfn6738/
Zerfin6731/
Grefin6723/
Herfin6711/
Đerfin678/
Irfeen673/
Jerfin671/
Cerfin671/
Erphen671/
Irfaen671/
Serfín671/
Girfin670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gerfen
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