Gerwers Surname

754,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 380 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gerwers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerwers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3391:237,47926,122
Netherlands361:469,08846,010
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Gerwers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gerwers Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gerwers is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerwers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 754,238th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,177,752 people. Gerwers is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gerwers are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gerwers is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 339 people, or 1 in 237,479. In Germany Gerwers is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 99 percent reside, Berlin, where 0 percent reside and Bremen, where 0 percent reside. Beside Germany Gerwers occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerbers86637/
Gervers86340/
Jerwers8683/
Garwers8620/
Grewers8611/
Gerbersch750/
Grevers71588/
Servers711/
Garvers711/
Girvers711/
Gervirs710/
Jervers710/
Seervers673/
Siervers672/
Garvars5712/
Zirbers571/
Gorvors570/
Sirvers570/
Shrevers530/
Schrevers5014/

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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 Gerwers
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