Gevers Surname
Approximately 4,951 people bear this surname
Gevers Surname Definition:
GEVERS: Qu. from gavar, a goat.
Gevers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 1,619 | 1:7,101 | 951 |
| Netherlands | 1,339 | 1:12,612 | 1,821 |
| South Africa | 749 | 1:72,333 | 9,005 |
| Germany | 706 | 1:114,030 | 14,042 |
| United States | 244 | 1:1,485,487 | 101,350 |
| France | 88 | 1:754,804 | 92,996 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Gévers (3) are calculated separately.
Gevers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
GEVERS: Qu. from gavar, a goat.
(Dutch/Flemish), Gebbers (German), Giver, Liberal, as Gebhart, q.v.
Gevers Demographics
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Gevers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gevers Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gevers is most common in Belgium. It may occur in the variant forms: Gévers. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gevers? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gevers is the 96,087th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,471,934 people. Gevers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Gevers reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,619 people, or 1 in 7,101. In Belgium Gevers is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 15 percent are found.
Gevers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gevers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gevers surname expanded 1,284 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gevers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gevers surname are 40.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.72% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gevers earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.23% more than the national average, earning R 425,916 per year; in United States they earn 10.06% more than the national average, earning $47,491 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.83% less than the national average, earning $48,772 CAD per year.
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