Gierschner Surname

596,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 522 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gierschner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gierschner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5041:159,73319,010
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gierschner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gierschner is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gierschner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 596,518th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The last name Gierschner is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Gierschner are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 504 people, or 1 in 159,733. In Germany Gierschner is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent live, Berlin, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Gierschner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gierschner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gierschner last name rose 550 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gierschner Last Name Statistics demography

Gierschner earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 71.28% more than the national average, earning $73,906 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
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  • 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 Gierschner
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