Gerwens Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Gerwens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 279 | 1:288,550 | 29,983 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gerwens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerwens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerwens occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Gerwens click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerwens? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 919,444th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Gerwens live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gerwens is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 279 people, or 1 in 288,550. In Germany Gerwens is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent reside, Berlin, where 15 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Germany it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
Gerwens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gerwens has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gerwens last name increased 160 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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- 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 Gerwens
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