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
Average Giers Salary in
United States
$40,120 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Giers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Giers is found most in Poland. It can be found in the variant forms: Gierś. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Giers? popularity and diffusion
The last name Giers is the 257,677th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 4,769,336 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Giers reside; 70 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 70 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Poland, where it is carried by 1,069 people, or 1 in 35,555. Outside of Poland Giers exists in 17 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Germany, where 10 percent are found.
Giers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Giers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Giers last name rose 342 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Giers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Giers last name are 0.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.78% registered to vote for 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