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
The surname Gergelj is found most frequently in Serbia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gergelj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 983,245th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 27,815,061 people. The last name is primarily found 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. Gergelj is also the 677,199th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 181 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Serbia, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 32,330. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: North Bačka District, where 33 percent live, South Bačka District, where 28 percent live and North Banat District, where 22 percent live. Apart from Serbia it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 8 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
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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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