Gerzen Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Gerzen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 476 | 1:169,129 | 19,938 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Turkey | 17 | 1:4,577,731 | 104,623 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Gerzén (18) are calculated separately.
Gerzen (21) may also be a first name.
Gerzen Demographics
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Gerzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gerzen is found most in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Gerzén. Click here for further potential spellings of Gerzen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerzen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 556,360th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name Gerzen occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Gerzen reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Gerzen is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 21 people.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 476 people, or 1 in 169,129. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent reside and Berlin, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Germany it is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Gerzen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gerzen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerzen last name grew 2,350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gerzen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gerzen surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gerzen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 8.48% more than the national average, earning $46,810 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.25% less than the national average, earning $40,616 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 Gerzen
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