Gommersall Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gommersall Surname Definition:

Gomersal, a township in Yorkshire.

Gommersall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:1,638,76668,634
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England471:518,62527,981
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gommersall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Gomersal, a township in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Gommersall Last Name Facts

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

Gommersall is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gommersall? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gommersall is the 3,185,033rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Gommersall occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Gommersall reside; 89 percent reside in Northern Europe and 89 percent reside in British Isles.

Gommersall is most common in England, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 1,638,766. In England it is most prevalent in: South Yorkshire, where 26 percent live, Worcestershire, where 21 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account England Gommersall occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 5 percent live and Spain, where 3 percent live.

Gommersall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gommersall has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gommersall last name fell 28 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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Gommersall 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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Footnotes

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