Geyser Surname
Approximately 3,800 people bear this surname
Geyser Surname Definition:
“Rod of the Army” in Old German.
Geyser Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3,276 | 1:16,538 | 2,083 |
| United States | 308 | 1:1,176,815 | 84,096 |
| Namibia | 42 | 1:57,367 | 6,674 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Russia | 22 | 1:6,551,048 | 261,263 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Geyser (452) may also be a first name.
Geyser Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Rod of the Army” in Old German.
Geyser Demographics
Average Geyser Salary in
United States
$49,530 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Geyser Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geyser Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geyser (Russian: Гейсер, Tibetan: གེ་སེར་) occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geyser? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 120,637th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,917,775 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Geyser live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 402,268th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 452 people.
The last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 3,276 people, or 1 in 16,538. In South Africa Geyser is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 40 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent are found. Excluding South Africa it exists in 34 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Namibia, where 1 percent are found.
Geyser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Geyser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Geyser last name rose 460 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Geyser Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Geyser last name are 8.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 61.97% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Geyser earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 68.39% more than the national average, earning R 400,164 per year; in United States they earn 14.79% more than the national average, earning $49,530 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.79% less than the national average, earning $42,832 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Geyser Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Geyser in the Tibetan language | ||
| གེ་སེར་ | géser | 66.67 |
| རྒྱས་གསེར་ | gyéser | 33.33 |
| Geyser in the Russian language | ||
| Гейсер | gejser | - |
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Footnotes
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