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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Gerritsen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerritsen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerritsen (Russian: Герритсен) has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gerritsen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerritsen? popularity and diffusion
Gerritsen is the 34,949th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 481,217 people. Gerritsen is predominantly found in Europe, where 85 percent of Gerritsen live; 84 percent live in Western Europe and 84 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 12,229 people, or 1 in 1,381. In The Netherlands Gerritsen is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 39 percent reside, Overijssel, where 12 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Beside The Netherlands Gerritsen occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
Gerritsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gerritsen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerritsen surname rose 8,391 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 4,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gerritsen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gerritsen surname are 8.84% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.61% being registered to vote for 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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