Gershwin Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Gershwin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 157 | 1:2,308,656 | 143,524 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Gershwin (1,290) may also be a first name.
Gershwin Demographics
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Gershwin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gershwin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gershwin is found most frequently in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gershwin click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gershwin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gershwin is the 1,276,805th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Gershwin reside; 86 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 219,323rd most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 1,290 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 2,308,656. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 31 percent live, New York, where 18 percent live and Colorado, where 10 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Gershwin Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gershwin last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Gershwin earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 80.89% more than the national average, earning $78,052 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerschwin | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gershwina | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gerswin | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gerschwind | 89 | 3 | / |
| Gershbin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gerswhin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gerswing | 88 | 0 | / |
| Gerschwindt | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gershben | 75 | 5 | / |
| Gorszwin | 75 | 5 | / |
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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 Gershwin
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