Gierse Surname
Approximately 1,823 people bear this surname
Gierse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,648 | 1:48,850 | 6,378 |
| United States | 138 | 1:2,626,514 | 158,538 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Giersé (2) are calculated separately.
Gierse Demographics
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Gierse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gierse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gierse occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Giersé. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gierse? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 223,394th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,997,557 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gierse are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gierse is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,648 people, or 1 in 48,850. In Germany Gierse is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found, Hesse, where 3 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Germany it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Gierse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gierse has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 2,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gierse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gierse surname are 7.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.55% registered with the party.
Gierse earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 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 Gierse
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