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

Gierschner is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gierschner.

How Common Is The Last Name Gierschner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 596,518th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. The surname Gierschner is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Gierschner reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most common in Germany, where it is held by 504 people, or 1 in 159,733. In Germany Gierschner is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent live, Berlin, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Gierschner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gierschner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gierschner surname increased 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
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  • 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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