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The GERSTEIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,221 20270 0 4
United States (1880 census) 8 92390 0 0
Change since 1880 +1213 +72120 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GERSTEIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 245 7415 0.001 13
Florida 152 11202 0.001 10
California 141 16107 0.000 4
Illinois 134 9153 0.001 11
New Jersey 129 7094 0.002 15
Top States for GERSTEIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Jersey 129 7094 0.002 15
New York 245 7415 0.001 13
Massachusetts 69 10505 0.001 11
Illinois 134 9153 0.001 11
Florida 152 11202 0.001 10

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

Classification and Origin of GERSTEIN

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the GERSTEIN surname.

Ethnic distribution of GERSTEIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 15 1.23
Asian/Pacific 6 0.49
Black/African American 5 0.41
White (Caucasian) 1,190 97.46
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

GERSTEIN is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of GERSTEIN in historical publications

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

Similar names to GERSTEIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GERSTEIN.

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 GERSTEIN

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