Gerkensmeier Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Gerkensmeier Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 180 | 1:447,253 | 39,773 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Gerkensmeier Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerkensmeier Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerkensmeier is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerkensmeier? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,263,456th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gerkensmeier are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gerkensmeier is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 447,253. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 82 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found and Berlin, where 6 percent are found. Besides Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerkensmeir | 96 | 0 | / |
| Gerkensmeyer | 92 | 137 | / |
| Gerkensmyer | 87 | 1 | / |
| Gerkinsmeyer | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gerken Sommer | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gerken-Sommer | 80 | 1 | / |
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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 Gerkensmeier
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