Gershow Surname

2,718,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 51 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
South Africa

Gershow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gershow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:9,061,473385,835
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Gershow Last Name Facts

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

Gershow is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gershow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gershow is the 2,718,172nd most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name Gershow occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Gershow live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Gershow is most common in The United States, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 9,061,473. In The United States Gershow is primarily found in: California, where 43 percent are found, Florida, where 28 percent are found and Michigan, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States Gershow exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 18 percent are found and Israel, where 2 percent are found.

Gershow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gershow surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Gershow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 335.3% more than the national average, earning R 1,034,440 per year and in United States they earn 26.45% more than the national average, earning $54,563 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerschow9317/
Gerchow86249/
Gershaw86106/
Gershov8677/
Gorshow8615/
Gershof8614/
Garshow860/
Gershoff8087/
Jerschow8060/
Gershova8021/
Garsow77119/
Gersov7726/
Sersow775/
Gersof771/
Goershoff7515/
Sershov7181/
Gorshov7155/
Jerchow7132/
Garshaw7124/
Girshov7123/
Jerszow7122/
Gersova7121/
Gerchov7115/
Gersoff7114/
Gerzhov7110/
Garshov713/
Cershaw712/
Ghercow711/
Girshaw711/
Gershab711/
Girshova6725/
Gerzhova6722/
Gershaft6720/
Gorshoff6717/
Jerschov6714/
Girshoff674/
Gorshuov671/
Jershovs671/
Gerchoff670/

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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 Gershow
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