Gerking Surname

559,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 568 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gerking Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerking Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2921:275,70429,076
United States2681:1,352,45994,008
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

Gerking Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gerking Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gerking is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gerking.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerking? popularity and diffusion

It is the 559,180th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,830,186 people. Gerking is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Gerking are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 292 people, or 1 in 275,704. In Germany Gerking is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 47 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent are found and Thuringia, where 5 percent are found. Barring Germany Gerking is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 47 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Gerking Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gerking has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerking surname increased 298 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerking Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gerking surname are 39.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 86.15% being registered with the party.

Gerking earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.73% less than the national average, earning $38,519 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gehrking93185/
Geerking9321/
Gerkings930/
Gierking930/
Erking9240/
Herking86144/
Gorking8625/
Garking8616/
Girking8612/
Jerking8611/
Gierkink80133/
Guerkink805/
Jerkings804/
Erkeng771/
Erqing771/
Gorkink71158/
Herkink7116/
Järking7112/
Hercing712/
Hirking710/
Heirkink670/
Ircing6226/
Ercink6218/
Schrecking591/
Ercheng571/
Hercink571/
Cirkeng570/
Shreqing531/
Erkenkova501/

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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 Gerking
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