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
Gerfen Political Affiliation
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Gerfen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerfen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerfen is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gerfen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerfen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 446,308th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,538,673 people. The surname Gerfen is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Gerfen are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 538 people, or 1 in 673,715. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 23 percent are found, Nevada, where 19 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 14 percent are found and Germany, where 12 percent are found.
Gerfen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gerfen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerfen surname grew 3,843 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gerfen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gerfen surname are 18.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.56% being registered with the political 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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