Gomersall Surname

205,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,016 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Gomersall Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Gomersal (Yorks), 14th cent. Gomersall = (prob.) Gomer’s Hall [Old English h(e)all] The pers. name is prob. the Hebrew Gomer, q.v.

Gomersall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4691:37,9294,932
Australia1971:137,03414,802
United States1621:2,237,401140,088
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Northern Ireland211:87,8595,745
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Wales131:238,04114,239
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malta11:430,2723,380
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7311:33,3454,395
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Gomersall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Gomersal (Yorks), 14th cent. Gomersall = (prob.) Gomer’s Hall [Old English h(e)all] The pers. name is prob. the Hebrew Gomer, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Gomersal, a township in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Gomersall Last Name Facts

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

Gomersall is found most frequently in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gomersall click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gomersall? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 205,731st most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,614,854 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Gomersall live; 75 percent live in Northern Europe and 75 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 1,469 people, or 1 in 37,929. In England Gomersall is primarily found in: West Yorkshire, where 40 percent reside, South Yorkshire, where 6 percent reside and North Yorkshire, where 5 percent reside. Besides England this surname exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 10 percent reside and The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Gomersall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gomersall has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gomersall surname rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 623 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gomersall Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gomersall last name are 9.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.81% registered with the party.

The amount Gomersall earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 10.28% more than the national average, earning R 262,068 per year; in United States they earn 29.45% more than the national average, earning $55,856 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning $47,778 CAD per year.

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Gomersall Reference & Research

Gomersall One-name Study - A profile of the Gomersall surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.

Gomersall FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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