Gersdorf Surname

305,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,238 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gersdorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gersdorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0441:77,1139,761
United States1411:2,570,631155,955
Austria161:532,21549,801
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Gersdorf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gersdorf (Russian: Герсдорф) is found most frequently in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gersdorf? popularity and diffusion

It is the 305,641st most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,886,548 people. The last name Gersdorf occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Gersdorf live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gersdorf is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,044 people, or 1 in 77,113. In Germany it is primarily found in: Saxony, where 33 percent live, Brandenburg, where 14 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Gersdorf occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Austria, where 1 percent live.

Gersdorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gersdorf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 542 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gersdorf Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gersdorf surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the party.

Gersdorf earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.37% less than the national average, earning $40,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gersdorf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gersdorf in the Russian language
Герсдорфgersdorf-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gersdorf
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