Gertzen Surname
Approximately 1,669 people bear this surname
Gertzen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,000 | 1:80,505 | 10,168 |
| South Africa | 382 | 1:141,826 | 16,286 |
| United States | 147 | 1:2,465,707 | 151,024 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Netherlands | 51 | 1:331,121 | 38,060 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Gertzén (14) are calculated separately.
Gertzen Demographics
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Gertzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gertzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gertzen occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Gertzén. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gertzen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 239,834th most commonly used surname on earth, held by around 1 in 4,366,415 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Gertzen are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gertzen is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,000 people, or 1 in 80,505. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent reside and Bavaria, where 4 percent reside. Barring Germany this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Gertzen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gertzen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gertzen surname grew 342 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gertzen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gertzen are 13.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gertzen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.28% more than the national average, earning R 352,368 per year; in United States they earn 10.19% more than the national average, earning $47,548 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.96% more than the national average, earning $50,656 CAD 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 Gertzen
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