Gneiss Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Gneiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Gneiss Demographics
Average Gneiss Salary in
United States
$126,042 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gneiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gneiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gneiss (Arabic: النيس) is most common in Austria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gneiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,373,373rd most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. Gneiss is predominantly found in Europe, where 76 percent of Gneiss reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
Gneiss is most numerous in Austria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 532,215. In Austria it is most numerous in: Vienna, where 94 percent are found and Upper Austria, where 6 percent are found. Other than Austria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 18 percent are found.
Gneiss Last Name Statistics demography
Gneiss earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 192.11% more than the national average, earning $126,042 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gneiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gneiss in the Arabic language | ||
| النيس | alnys | - |
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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 Gneiss
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