Gergelj Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Gergelj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 221 | 1:32,330 | 3,426 |
| Croatia | 21 | 1:201,362 | 24,020 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Gergelj (181) may also be a first name.
Gergelj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gergelj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gergelj has its highest incidence in Serbia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gergelj.
How Common Is The Last Name Gergelj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gergelj is the 983,245th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gergelj are found; 92 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 677,199th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 181 people.
It is most prevalent in Serbia, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 32,330. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: North Bačka District, where 33 percent are found, South Bačka District, where 28 percent are found and North Banat District, where 22 percent are found. Besides Serbia it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 8 percent are found and Germany, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Gergelj
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