Gjerness Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Gjerness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjerness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384

Gjerness Last Name Facts

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

Gjerness is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjerness? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gjerness reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gjerness is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States Gjerness is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 48 percent are found, Washington, where 44 percent are found and Arizona, where 4 percent are found. Other than The United States Gjerness occurs in one country. It is also common in The Cayman Islands, where 4 percent are found.

Gjerness Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gjerness last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Gjerness earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.51% less than the national average, earning $27,394 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjernes93287/
Kjernes8028/
Geirnes801/
Hæggernes7127/
Kjerne711/
Kjernet6726/
Kjerner6718/
Geirner673/
Guierne671/
Kjerneth635/
Kjerringnes634/
Xerniesch596/
Ghjernaya591/
Gzerny571/
Csernei5345/
Giherni539/
Kjärnet536/
Cserney534/
Ghyerny531/
Csernis531/
Csernej531/

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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 Gjerness
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