Gersmeyer Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gersmeyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gersmeyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany341:2,367,808122,173
United States171:21,321,114641,998
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227

Gersmeyer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gersmeyer is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gersmeyer? popularity and diffusion

Gersmeyer is the 2,580,327th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The last name Gersmeyer is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Gersmeyer live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 2,367,808. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 15 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.

Gersmeyer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Gersmeyer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.9% less than the national average, earning R 38,256 per year and in United States they earn 66.9% more than the national average, earning $72,016 USD per year.

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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 Gersmeyer
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