de Geyter Surname

221,588th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Geyter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Geyter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,7151:6,704864
France621:1,071,334116,831
Chile271:652,46215,367
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
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de Geyter Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Geyter is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Geyter? popularity and diffusion

It is the 221,588th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,958,471 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of de Geyter are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 81 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,715 people, or 1 in 6,704. In Belgium it is primarily concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent live, Walloon Region, where 9 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent live. Outside of Belgium this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent live and Chile, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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de Gieter89496/
De-Geyter894/
de Geiter892/
de Geijter8440/
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de Geteire841/
de Ester822/
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de Sieter7846/
de Esther782/
de Zetter782/
de Gijter781/
de Gaette781/
de Guette781/
de Jester780/
de Sete757/
de Gautier741/
de Zoete711,003/
de Sette7112/
de Hetre719/
de Guite712/
de Cette711/
de Coyte711/
de Gauthier702/
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de Souter67207/
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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
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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Geyter
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