Gerlits Surname

153,161st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,871 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Gerlits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerlits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia2,4061:59,9027,783
United States2371:1,529,363103,723
Kazakhstan1531:115,57212,359
Hungary451:218,13918,044
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Belarus61:1,583,51089,472
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Gerlits Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gerlits (Russian: Герлиц) is held by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerlits? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 153,161st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,538,330 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Gerlits are found; 79 percent are found in North Asia and 79 percent are found in Slavic North Asia.

The last name Gerlits is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 2,406 people, or 1 in 59,902. In Russia Gerlits is most prevalent in: Omsk Oblast, where 64 percent reside, Novosibirsk Oblast, where 22 percent reside and Altai Krai, where 4 percent reside. Other than Russia this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent reside.

Gerlits Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan.

In The United States those holding the Gerlits last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

Gerlits earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.43% more than the national average, earning $45,925 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerlitts933/
Erlits9210/
Gerlitsch8822/
Gerlitz862,110/
Garlits86139/
Gerlets8644/
Gerlics8615/
Gorlits861/
Goerlitz80755/
Gierlitz8017/
Garlitts809/
Guerlitz801/
Zherlits801/
Herlitse801/
Gerleitz800/
Erlitz77360/
Gerlic77230/
Gerliz77105/
Gerlič7763/
Gerlić773/
Erlyts771/
Erlics771/
Gierlichs75175/
Grelitsch7511/
Serlitsch751/
Gerlich713,890/
Görlitz713,182/
Herlitz711,309/
Garlitz711,057/
Gorlitz71237/
Garlets71129/
Gerlicz7150/
Yerlitz7124/
Herlyts7119/
Gerletz7118/
Gerlici7115/
Gierlic7111/
Errlitz712/
Cerlitz711/
Gherliţ711/
Grelitz711/
Erlichs711/
Gherlic711/
Erlaitz711/
Gerleds710/
Girlets710/
Gierlich671,069/
Garletts67290/
Erlić67167/
Gehrlich67150/
Herlitze67122/
Gerrlich6797/
Herrlitz6785/
Erlic6767/
Gierlicz6754/
Erliz6726/
Gerlicze6713/
Gherlich6710/
Gorlitzz671/
Goerletz671/
Garleitz671/
Ehrlichs671/

Gerlits Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gerlits in the Russian language
Герлицgerlic-

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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 Gerlits
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