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
Average Gerzen Salary in
United States
$46,810 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gerzen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerzen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gerzen occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Gerzén. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerzen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gerzen is the 556,360th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 12,740,465 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Gerzen are found; 83 percent are found in Western Europe and 83 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gerzen is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
Gerzen is most common in Germany, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 169,129. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 48 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live and Berlin, where 7 percent live. Other than Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Gerzen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gerzen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gerzen surname rose 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 with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered with the political 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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