Gähler Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Gähler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 559 | 1:14,692 | 2,429 |
| Germany | 259 | 1:310,832 | 31,514 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Gahler (884) are calculated separately.
Gähler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gähler Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gähler occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may appear as: Gahler. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gähler? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 412,606th most common surname globally, borne by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gähler reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Gähler is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 14,692. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of St Gallen, where 31 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 19 percent live and Canton of Thurgau, where 17 percent live. Apart from Switzerland this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gähler
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