Gherity Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gherity Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gherity Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:4,264,223227,504
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Gherity Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gherity is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gherity.

How Common Is The Last Name Gherity? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gherity is the 2,034,059th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gherity are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Gherity is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 4,264,223. In The United States Gherity is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 71 percent reside, Arizona, where 11 percent reside and Colorado, where 6 percent reside.

Gherity Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gherity has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gherity last name rose 193 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gherity Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Gherity last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Gherity surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

Gherity earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.47% more than the national average, earning $48,098 USD 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 Gherity
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