Gimpel Surname
Approximately 3,242 people bear this surname
Gimpel Surname Definition:
(German) Dweller at the sign of the red finch; a blockhead or dunce.
Gimpel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,265 | 1:63,641 | 8,179 |
| United States | 750 | 1:483,279 | 40,870 |
| Israel | 209 | 1:40,946 | 5,587 |
| Belarus | 150 | 1:63,340 | 10,553 |
| Russia | 128 | 1:1,125,961 | 83,965 |
| Poland | 120 | 1:316,740 | 36,993 |
| Canada | 91 | 1:404,897 | 35,698 |
| Austria | 89 | 1:95,679 | 13,940 |
| Chile | 89 | 1:197,938 | 6,300 |
| Netherlands | 76 | 1:222,200 | 29,701 |
| Australia | 62 | 1:435,415 | 34,362 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Switzerland | 18 | 1:456,273 | 33,097 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 1:1,360,192 | 71,840 |
| Guatemala | 9 | 1:1,786,963 | 6,100 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 89 | 1:564,255 | 38,527 |
Gimpel (18) may also be a first name.
Gimpel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) Dweller at the sign of the red finch; a blockhead or dunce.
Gimpel Demographics
Average Gimpel Salary in
United States
$45,435 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gimpel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gimpel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gimpel (Russian: Гимпель) is found most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gimpel.
How Common Is The Last Name Gimpel? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 138,079th most frequently held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,247,855 people. Gimpel occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Gimpel are found; 46 percent are found in Western Europe and 45 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Gimpel is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.
It is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 1,265 people, or 1 in 63,641. In Germany Gimpel is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Thuringia, where 15 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent live and Israel, where 6 percent live.
Gimpel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gimpel has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 843 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gimpel Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.
In The United States those bearing the Gimpel last name are 17.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.17% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gimpel earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 6.32% more than the national average, earning R 252,660 per year; in United States they earn 5.3% more than the national average, earning $45,435 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.72% more than the national average, earning $54,014 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gimpel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gimpel in the Russian language | ||
| Гимпель | gimpel | - |
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Footnotes
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