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

The last name Gerrity occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerrity? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gerrity is the 164,585th most numerous last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,765,672 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Gerrity live; 74 percent live in North America and 74 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gerrity is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,333 people, or 1 in 155,362. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 12 percent live, New York, where 11 percent live and Florida, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Gerrity Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gerrity has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gerrity last name expanded 711 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 169 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 98 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Gerrity Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States Gerrity are 7.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.4% registered with 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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