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The GINGER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,187 20711 0 4
United States (1880 census) 345 12850 0.001 7
Change since 1880 +842 -7861 +N/A -3
Other Countries
Australia 176 8473 0.001 11
United Kingdom 572 8072 0.001 12
Top States for GINGER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 235 5703 0.002 19
Missouri 102 7141 0.002 18
California 92 25367 0.000 3
Iowa 64 7253 0.002 22
Arkansas 52 5543 0.002 19
Top States for GINGER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 64 7253 0.002 22
Arkansas 52 5543 0.002 19
Illinois 235 5703 0.002 19
Missouri 102 7141 0.002 18
Kentucky 35 9489 0.001 9

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GINGER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GINGER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GINGER in Illinois than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GINGER by picking someone at random in Iowa than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GINGER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the GINGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the GINGER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of GINGER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 107 9.01
White (Hispanic) 33 2.78
Native American/Alaskan 15 1.26
White (Caucasian) 1,021 86.02
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GINGER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of GINGER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GINGER.

Similar names to GINGER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GINGER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for GINGER

The following words are slight variants of GINGER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.