Gummersbach Surname

414,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 840 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gummersbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gummersbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7301:110,28113,578
United States541:6,712,202314,667
Ireland201:235,4479,345
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Gummersbach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gummersbach is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gummersbach? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 414,602nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,675,650 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gummersbach are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Gummersbach is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 730 people, or 1 in 110,281. In Germany Gummersbach is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 91 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found and Saxony, where 2 percent are found. Barring Germany Gummersbach occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Ireland, where 2 percent are found.

Gummersbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gummersbach has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gummersbach surname expanded 338 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gummersbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gummersbach surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

Gummersbach earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.72% more than the national average, earning $58,994 USD per year.

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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 Gummersbach
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