Giers Surname
Approximately 1,528 people bear this surname
Giers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 1,069 | 1:35,555 | 5,487 |
| United States | 181 | 1:2,002,536 | 128,575 |
| Germany | 146 | 1:551,407 | 45,588 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1:298,387 | 20,789 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 53 | 1:947,522 | 56,651 |
The alternate forms: Gierś (11) are calculated separately.
Giers Demographics
Giers Political Affiliation
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Giers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Giers is most common in Poland. It may also occur as a variant: Gierś. Click here for further possible spellings of Giers.
How Common Is The Last Name Giers? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 257,677th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 4,769,336 people. The surname Giers occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Giers are found; 70 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 70 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Poland, where it is held by 1,069 people, or 1 in 35,555. Not including Poland it exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.
Giers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Giers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Giers surname rose 342 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Giers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Giers are 0.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 52.78% being registered with the political party.
The amount Giers earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 7.02% less than the national average, earning $40,120 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.47% less than the national average, earning $43,984 CAD per year.
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Giers Reference & Research
Geer DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Geer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Giers
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis