Gomberg Surname

249,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gomberg Surname Definition:

(Russian, German) One who came from Homburg (high fortified place) or Homberg (high mountain), the names of several places in Germany.

Gomberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1231:322,76029,402
Israel1981:43,2205,842
Russia691:2,088,740128,406
Brazil661:3,243,55093,057
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Moldova71:508,76732,975
England61:9,286,343223,652
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

Gomberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Russian, German) One who came from Homburg (high fortified place) or Homberg (high mountain), the names of several places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gomberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gomberg (Russian: Гомберг) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gomberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Gomberg? popularity and diffusion

Gomberg is the 249,873rd most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,589,135 people. The last name Gomberg occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Gomberg live; 73 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gomberg is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 1,123 people, or 1 in 322,760. In The United States Gomberg is most frequent in: Illinois, where 19 percent reside, New York, where 18 percent reside and California, where 16 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Gomberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gomberg surname are 11.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gomberg earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.69% more than the national average, earning $50,781 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.2% more than the national average, earning $58,228 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gomberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gomberg in the Russian language
Гомбергgomberg-

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