Gers Surname
Approximately 2,852 people bear this surname
Gers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 580 | 1:65,532 | 10,285 |
| Germany | 565 | 1:142,488 | 17,219 |
| Turkey | 564 | 1:137,981 | 11,169 |
| United States | 323 | 1:1,122,164 | 80,931 |
| France | 294 | 1:225,928 | 35,048 |
| Australia | 116 | 1:232,722 | 21,885 |
| South Africa | 115 | 1:471,110 | 39,128 |
| Belgium | 111 | 1:103,573 | 15,679 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
The alternate forms: Gerš (8) & Gerś (1) are calculated separately.
Gers (91) may also be a first name.
Gers Demographics
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Gers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gers (Russian: Герс) occurs in Poland more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Gerš or Gerś. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gers? popularity and diffusion
Gers is the 154,005th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,555,241 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Gers reside; 35 percent reside in Western Europe and 23 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 998,282nd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 91 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Poland, where it is carried by 580 people, or 1 in 65,532. Without taking into account Poland Gers occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Turkey, where 20 percent reside.
Gers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gers surname grew 923 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gers surname are 35.17% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.94% registered with the party.
The amount Gers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.92% more than the national average, earning R 486,960 per year and in United States they earn 8.87% more than the national average, earning $46,978 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gers Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gers in the Russian language | ||
| Герс | gers | - |
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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 Gers
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