Gergen Surname
Approximately 2,939 people bear this surname
Gergen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,706 | 1:212,461 | 20,759 |
| Germany | 636 | 1:126,581 | 15,446 |
| Turkey | 315 | 1:247,052 | 17,198 |
| France | 124 | 1:535,667 | 73,425 |
| Romania | 48 | 1:418,289 | 33,624 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Israel | 15 | 1:570,509 | 41,023 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 149 | 1:337,038 | 26,036 |
Gergen (54) may also be a first name.
Gergen Demographics
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Gergen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gergen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gergen (Russian: Герген) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gergen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 150,165th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,479,601 people. Gergen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Gergen are found; 58 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 54 people.
It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 1,706 people, or 1 in 212,461. In The United States Gergen is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 24 percent reside, Nevada, where 13 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Barring The United States Gergen occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 22 percent reside and Turkey, where 11 percent reside.
Gergen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gergen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gergen last name grew 1,145 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gergen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gergen last name are 29.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.65% registered with the political party.
Gergen earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.33% more than the national average, earning $48,470 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gergen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gergen in the Russian language | ||
| Герген | gergen | - |
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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
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- 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 Gergen
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