Gersten Surname

236,965th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gersten Surname Definition:

(German) Dweller at, or in, the barley field; one who came from Gersten (barley field), in Germany.

Gersten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3031:278,17325,976
Germany2501:322,02232,234
Israel741:115,64412,871
England131:4,286,005132,302
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Poland121:3,167,396120,990
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gersten Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Dweller at, or in, the barley field; one who came from Gersten (barley field), in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gersten Last Name Facts

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

Gersten (Russian: Герстен) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gersten? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 236,965th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,299,437 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Gersten are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 77 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,303 people, or 1 in 278,173. In The United States Gersten is most numerous in: New York, where 26 percent reside, California, where 16 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.

Gersten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gersten has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 18,614 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gersten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gersten are 0.43% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 52.8% registered with the party.

Gersten earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.04% more than the national average, earning $58,702 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gersten Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gersten in the Russian language
Герстенgersten-

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