Gingerich Surname

74,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,566 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gingerich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gingerich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8481:61,9807,256
Canada6771:54,4256,477
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
China31:455,773,85521,925
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3671:136,83612,979

Gingerich Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gingerich Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gingerich is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gingerich.

How Common Is The Last Name Gingerich? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 74,857th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,109,891 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gingerich live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,848 people, or 1 in 61,980. In The United States Gingerich is most numerous in: Ohio, where 16 percent live, Indiana, where 14 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States Gingerich is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 10 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Gingerich Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gingerich has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gingerich last name expanded 1,593 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gingerich Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gingerich are 28.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75.17% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gingerich earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 3.61% less than the national average, earning $41,593 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.52% more than the national average, earning $53,420 CAD per year.

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Gingerich Reference & Research

Gingerich-Kingery DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Gingerich-Kingery FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Gingerich
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis