Gertje Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Gertje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 181 | 1:444,782 | 39,627 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Gertje (407) may also be a first name.
Gertje Demographics
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Gertje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gertje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gertje occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gertje.
How Common Is The Last Name Gertje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gertje is the 978,274th most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name Gertje occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Gertje live; 69 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe. Gertje is also the 427,366th most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 407 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 444,782. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 77 percent are found, Bavaria, where 6 percent are found and Hesse, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Argentina, where 6 percent are found.
Gertje Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gertje last name are 7.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.71% being registered to vote for the party.
Gertje earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.1% more than the national average, earning $55,707 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
- 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 Gertje
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