Gerstung Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Gerstung Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Gerstungen (barley field village), in Thuringia.
Gerstung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 506 | 1:159,102 | 18,952 |
| United States | 320 | 1:1,132,684 | 81,515 |
| Ecuador | 21 | 1:757,421 | 12,901 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gerstung Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Gerstungen (barley field village), in Thuringia.
Gerstung Demographics
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Gerstung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerstung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerstung has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gerstung.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerstung? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 405,848th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,444,433 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Gerstung live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 506 people, or 1 in 159,102. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live, Thuringia, where 21 percent live and Hesse, where 15 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent live and Ecuador, where 2 percent live.
Gerstung Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gerstung has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerstung last name grew 3,556 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gerstung Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gerstung surname are 34.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 81.4% being registered with the party.
Gerstung earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $46,974 USD per year.
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Footnotes
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