Ginsburg Surname

73,154th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Ginsburg Surname Definition:

For Günsburg, q.v.

Ginsburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,2241:69,3838,060
Israel7941:10,7781,647
South Africa1411:384,23934,295
Russia1191:1,211,11888,466
England901:619,09036,665
Canada751:491,27542,011
Germany591:1,364,49985,126
Australia511:529,32739,816
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Mexico241:5,171,92529,601
France221:3,019,215204,848
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Belarus121:791,75562,255
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Ginsburg (19) may also be a first name.

Ginsburg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

For Günsburg, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who came from Gunzburg, in Bavaria.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from a place name) From Gunzburg, a town in Bavaria. The name was first assumed by Jews exiled from Bavaria in the sixteenth century. In 1804 many Russian Jews who had to assume family names selected the name Gunzburg in various forms, even though they were not related to the original family. The name had become popular in Russia because of the family of St. Petersburg bankers, philanthropists, and spokesmen for the Jewish community. There are records of some of the original bearers going to court to prohibit strangers from assuming the name. They did not succeed, however, and as a result thousands of families assumed the name Ginsburg.

Some Jews selected the name Gunzburg as a garbled version of Koenigsberg, formerly capital of East Prussia.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Ginsburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ginsburg (Russian: Гинсбург) is found most in The United States. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ginsburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ginsburg is the 73,154th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,082,202 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Ginsburg reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Ginsburg is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 19 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 5,224 people, or 1 in 69,383. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Illinois, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent live and South Africa, where 2 percent live.

Ginsburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ginsburg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ginsburg last name grew 17,413 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 409 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ginsburg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (75%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Ginsburg surname are 41.54% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.77% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ginsburg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 38.96% more than the national average, earning R 330,216 per year; in United States they earn 30.53% more than the national average, earning $56,324 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.35% more than the national average, earning $65,756 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ginsburg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ginsburg in the Russian language
Гинсбургginsburg-

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