Gjersten Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gjersten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
Gjersten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjersten Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gjersten is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gjersten click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjersten? popularity and diffusion
Gjersten is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gjersten live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Gjersten is mostly concentrated in: Alaska, where 25 percent live, California, where 25 percent live and New Jersey, where 25 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 43 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kjersten | 88 | 59 | / |
| Kjersteen | 82 | 8 | / |
| Kjerstin | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kjirsten | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cjhristina | 56 | 1 | / |
| Kijjaworasaten | 55 | 1 | / |
| Kijjaworastean | 55 | 1 | / |
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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 Gjersten
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