Gjervik Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Gjervik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gjervik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2241:22,9572,999
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Gjervik Last Name Facts

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

Gjervik occurs most in Norway. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gjervik.

How Common Is The Last Name Gjervik? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,035,555th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The surname Gjervik occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Gjervik reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 93 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 224 people, or 1 in 22,957. In Norway Gjervik is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 82 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 10 percent are found and Northern Norway, where 6 percent are found. Other than Norway this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Gjervik Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gjervik are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gjervik earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 7.29% less than the national average, earning 320,848 kr per year and in United States they earn 42.69% more than the national average, earning $61,569 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gjervig8647/
Kjervik865/
Gjervic860/
Cservik7118/
Gjurović6731/
Gjurovic6728/
Gjuroviq672/
Gjurouvki631/
Gjoreveki631/
Cservék57100/
Cservek5760/
Kejarivak501/
Khajarfik501/

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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 Gjervik
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