Gjerulf Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Greenland

Gjerulf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gjerulf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Greenland11:56,3791,133
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gjerulf (11) may also be a first name.

Gjerulf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gjerulf occurs more in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gjerulf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjerulf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Gjerulf occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Gjerulf reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename internationally. It is borne by 11 people.

Gjerulf is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 579,221. In Sweden Gjerulf is most frequent in: Stockholm County, where 88 percent reside and Skåne County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Sweden it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 34 percent reside and Greenland, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjerulff93202/
Gjereulff882/
Gjerullff881/
Kjerulf86249/
Kgerulf861/
Kjerulff80234/
Kjerrulf8041/
Kjerúlf71101/
Geirulv7110/
Kgirulf711/
Kjärulff678/
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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 Gjerulf
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