Gerritsen Surname
Approximately 15,144 people bear this surname
Gerritsen Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from a Dutch abbreviation of gerrit zijn zoon, meaning 'son of Gerrit'.
Gerritsen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 12,229 | 1:1,381 | 76 |
| United States | 923 | 1:392,697 | 34,466 |
| Canada | 347 | 1:106,183 | 11,435 |
| Australia | 344 | 1:78,476 | 9,152 |
| Germany | 287 | 1:280,507 | 29,430 |
| South Africa | 219 | 1:247,387 | 25,203 |
| Thailand | 203 | 1:347,972 | 60,483 |
| New Zealand | 137 | 1:33,053 | 5,740 |
| Belgium | 103 | 1:111,618 | 16,639 |
| Switzerland | 96 | 1:85,551 | 9,588 |
| France | 64 | 1:1,037,855 | 114,367 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Gerritsen Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from a Dutch abbreviation of gerrit zijn zoon, meaning 'son of Gerrit'.
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Average Gerritsen Salary in
United States
$47,386 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gerritsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerritsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerritsen (Russian: Герритсен) is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerritsen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 34,949th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 481,217 people. The last name Gerritsen occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Gerritsen live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gerritsen is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 12,229 people, or 1 in 1,381. In The Netherlands Gerritsen is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 39 percent live, Overijssel, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 54 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Gerritsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gerritsen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 8,391 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gerritsen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gerritsen surname are 8.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.61% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gerritsen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 4.67% less than the national average, earning 329,932 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 67.55% more than the national average, earning R 398,160 per year; in United States they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning $47,386 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.4% more than the national average, earning $59,818 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerritsen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerritsen in the Russian language | ||
| Герритсен | gerritsen | - |
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