Gjersø Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjersø Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjersø Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway141:367,30634,015
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Gjers (81) are calculated separately.

Gjersø Last Name Facts

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

Gjersø is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Gjers. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjersø? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gjersø is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gjersø reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 94 percent reside in Scandinavia.

This last name is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 367,306. In Norway Gjersø is primarily found in: Eastern Norway, where 93 percent reside and Central Norway, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Norway this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 6 percent reside and England, where 6 percent reside.

Gjersø Last Name Statistics demography

Gjersø earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 25.37% more than the national average, earning 433,872 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjers9781/
Gjersøe92302/
Gjerss833/
Goijers7717/
Geijers771/
Geirs737/
Gjerj732/
Gyers731/
Gcers731/
Gooijers71124/
Goeijers7185/
Guyers6788/
Ghyers6714/
Geiers671/
Ghiers671/
Guiers671/
Geirås671/
Gieers671/
Geirst670/
Gyhers670/
Geirsch623/
Geaires621/
Gaaiers621/
Geezers621/
Geirc551/
Geirz550/
Cserős5022/
Csears501/
Geirce500/

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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 Gjersø
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