Gerts Surname
Approximately 3,676 people bear this surname
Gerts Surname User-submission:
Likely a variant spelling (under Russian influence) of the German/Yiddish surnames Herz and Hertz (both meaning 'heart'). The initial letter G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters the letter h to g in borrowed words and foreign names.
Read More About This SurnameGerts Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 2,713 | 1:53,123 | 6,968 |
| Kazakhstan | 213 | 1:83,016 | 9,648 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| Belarus | 168 | 1:56,554 | 9,609 |
| Netherlands | 112 | 1:150,778 | 22,601 |
| South Africa | 55 | 1:985,049 | 61,274 |
| Uzbekistan | 44 | 1:702,935 | 14,831 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Transnistria | 14 | 1:33,907 | 5,291 |
| Moldova | 14 | 1:254,383 | 22,033 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Latvia | 9 | 1:227,783 | 22,848 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 1:823,257 | 50,999 |
Gerts (58) may also be a first name.
Gerts Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Likely a variant spelling (under Russian influence) of the German/Yiddish surnames Herz and Hertz (both meaning 'heart'). The initial letter G is due to Russian influence, since Russian has no h and alters the letter h to g in borrowed words and foreign names.
- haffman97Gerts Demographics
Gerts Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Gerts Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerts Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerts (Georgian: გერც, Russian: Герц) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerts? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gerts is the 124,073rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,982,466 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Gerts live; 57 percent live in Eastern Europe and 55 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 58 people.
Gerts is most numerous in Russia, where it is held by 2,713 people, or 1 in 53,123. In Russia it is most frequent in: Moscow, where 16 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 7 percent are found and Sverdlovsk Oblast, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Russia this last name is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Gerts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gerts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gerts last name rose 277 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gerts Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Orthodox (80%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Gerts surname are 4.11% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50.88% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gerts earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.92% less than the national average, earning R 57,216 per year; in United States they earn 0.15% less than the national average, earning $43,083 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.02% more than the national average, earning $65,593 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gerts Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gerts in the Georgian language | ||
| გერც | gerts | - |
| Gerts in the Russian language | ||
| Герц | gerc | - |
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