Gjessing Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Gjessing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 345 | 1:14,905 | 1,757 |
| Denmark | 130 | 1:43,421 | 4,523 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
Gjessing Demographics
Gjessing Political Affiliation
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Gjessing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjessing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gjessing is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjessing? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gjessing is the 596,518th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Gjessing reside; 93 percent reside in Northern Europe and 92 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widely held in Norway, where it is carried by 345 people, or 1 in 14,905. In Norway it is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 74 percent reside, Western Norway, where 13 percent reside and Northern Norway, where 6 percent reside. Not including Norway Gjessing occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Gjessing Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gjessing last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gjessing earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 9.58% more than the national average, earning 379,246 kr per year and in United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjesing | 93 | 277 | / |
| Geissing | 88 | 7 | / |
| Geising | 80 | 96 | / |
| Gjessen | 80 | 14 | / |
| Gijsing | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gjein | 77 | 46 | / |
| Geing | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gjetting | 75 | 77 | / |
| Gehing | 71 | 21 | / |
| Guietsing | 71 | 19 | / |
| Ngeing | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gyesin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geying | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geaing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Geisin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gein | 67 | 914 | / |
| Geissen | 67 | 234 | / |
| Gijssen | 67 | 112 | / |
| Geisink | 67 | 75 | / |
| Gjin | 67 | 38 | / |
| Guijing | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gjen | 67 | 3 | / |
| Grzesin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gjingue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajjing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajhing | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gehoing | 67 | 0 | / |
| Geiting | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gehings | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gjessing
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