Gerfen Surname
Approximately 764 people bear this surname
Gerfen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 538 | 1:673,715 | 53,674 |
| Netherlands | 105 | 1:160,830 | 23,699 |
| Germany | 90 | 1:894,505 | 63,669 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Aruba | 9 | 1:11,497 | 1,511 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Gerfen Demographics
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erfen | 91 | 124 | / |
| Grefen | 83 | 440 | / |
| Gerfin | 83 | 216 | / |
| Herfen | 83 | 82 | / |
| Garfen | 83 | 35 | / |
| Erfenk | 83 | 19 | / |
| Erfeng | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gorfen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gerfem | 83 | 1 | / |
| Greffen | 77 | 52 | / |
| Cherfen | 77 | 39 | / |
| Gorfien | 77 | 30 | / |
| Garfien | 77 | 10 | / |
| Guerfin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Guirfen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Grefeen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Girffen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gorffen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gerffin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Erfin | 73 | 260 | / |
| Irfen | 73 | 6 | / |
| Grefn | 73 | 3 | / |
| Erfem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herfn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gireffen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garfin | 67 | 1,787 | / |
| Erfina | 67 | 931 | / |
| Gorfin | 67 | 92 | / |
| Serfin | 67 | 92 | / |
| Gorrfn | 67 | 38 | / |
| Zerfin | 67 | 31 | / |
| Grefin | 67 | 23 | / |
| Herfin | 67 | 11 | / |
| Đerfin | 67 | 8 | / |
| Irfeen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jerfin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cerfin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erphen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irfaen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Serfín | 67 | 1 | / |
| Girfin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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