Gershel Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Gershel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 74 | 1:4,898,094 | 251,818 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Gershel (12) may also be a first name.
Gershel Demographics
Average Gershel Salary in
United States
$53,821 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gershel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gershel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gershel (Russian: Гершель) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gershel.
How Common Is The Last Name Gershel? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Gershel live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly occurring given name on earth, borne by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 4,898,094. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 43 percent live, Texas, where 12 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent live and Switzerland, where 3 percent live.
Gershel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gershel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gershel surname increased 569 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gershel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gershel last name are 39.08% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 92.31% registered with the party.
Gershel earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.73% more than the national average, earning $53,821 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gershel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gershel in the Russian language | ||
| Гершель | gersel | - |
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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 Gershel
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