Gerwing Surname

299,328th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Canada

Gerwing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gerwing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7021:114,68014,131
Canada3841:95,95210,435
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Gerwing Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gerwing is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gerwing click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gerwing? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 299,328th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,733,710 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Gerwing are found; 56 percent are found in Western Europe and 55 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 702 people, or 1 in 114,680. In Germany Gerwing is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 8 percent live and Berlin, where 4 percent live. Outside of Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 30 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Gerwing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gerwing has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 774 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gerwing Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gerwing are 9.93% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.16% registered with the political party.

The amount Gerwing earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.68% more than the national average, earning $44,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.64% more than the national average, earning $51,986 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Grewing86938/
Gerbing86437/
Garwing8614/
Gerwink868/
Geruing861/
Girwing861/
Grewaing801/
Görbing71284/
Gervnng711/
Ngirweng671/
Schrewing638/
Jervång574/
Zerwenk571/
Seerueng531/

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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 Gerwing
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