Gershveld Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Gershveld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gershveld Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia171:8,477,827301,506
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Gershveld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gershveld (Russian: Гершвельд) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gershveld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gershveld is the 4,649,889th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Gershveld is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Gershveld live; 72 percent live in North Asia and 72 percent live in Slavic North Asia.

This surname is most prevalent in Russia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 8,477,827. In Russia it is mostly concentrated in: Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 76 percent live and Ivanovo Oblast, where 24 percent live. Apart from Russia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Israel, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Girshveld8913/
Gershvald899/
Gershvild898/
Hyrshveld7818/
Hirschveld741/
Gerschwald741/
Garsvold711/
Gjærsvold674/
Gierswold671/
Girswold595/
Gorswold590/
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Gershveld Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gershveld in the Russian language
Гершвельдgersveld-

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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 Gershveld
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