Giersen Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Giersen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Giersen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Giersen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Giersen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Giersen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Giersen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Giersen live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent reside and Spain, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Giersen
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