Gershuny Surname

1,003,904th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 254 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Gershuny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gershuny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1851:1,959,237126,399
England281:1,989,93178,001
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gershuny Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gershuny is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gershuny click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gershuny? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,003,904th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 28,691,126 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Gershuny reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gershuny is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 1,959,237. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 35 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and New Jersey, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent are found and Canada, where 10 percent are found.

Gershuny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gershuny last name are 18.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 72% being registered with the party.

The amount Gershuny earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 26.06% more than the national average, earning $54,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.55% less than the national average, earning $41,958 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guershuny941/
Gersuny9315/
Guerschuny8958/
Gershuni8878/
Gershony8857/
Gerszuny8823/
Hershuny8815/
Gershune889/
Gershuna881/
Gerschuni8220/
Gershoony8218/
Guerchuny826/
Ghershony824/
Gersony8052/
Ersunay8032/
Gersuni8014/
Guerschuni781/
Gershone7530/
Gersuina751/
Ersuna7134/
Guerchuni717/
Gersone6762/
Ersuner678/
Jersuna672/

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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 Gershuny
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