Gerrity Surname

164,585th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Gerrity Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerrity Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,3331:155,36215,892
England1471:379,03426,619
Australia761:355,20729,862
Canada501:736,91258,785
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belize11:355,4743,977
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland421:105,4736,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
Scotland201:187,1617,190
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3281:153,10614,139

Gerrity Last Name Facts

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

Gerrity is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerrity? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 164,585th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,765,672 people. The surname Gerrity occurs mostly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Gerrity reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2,333 people, or 1 in 155,362. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 12 percent reside, New York, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in England, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Gerrity Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gerrity has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerrity surname expanded 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gerrity Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Gerrity surname is chiefly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Gerrity surname are 7.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.4% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gerrity earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 14.75% more than the national average, earning $49,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.52% more than the national average, earning $57,893 CAD per year.

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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 Gerrity
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