Gerschau Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Gerschau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 101 | 1:797,084 | 58,657 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
Gerschau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerschau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerschau occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gerschau.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerschau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,817,111th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname Gerschau is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerschau are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gerschau is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 797,084. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Berlin, where 20 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gerschau
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