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 occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Giersen.
How Common Is The Last Name Giersen? popularity and diffusion
Giersen is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Giersen is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Giersen reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Giersen is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 69 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 31 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and Spain, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Giersen
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