Gaffling Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Gaffling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaffling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany401:2,012,636110,053
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gaffling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gaffling is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gaffling click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaffling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,436,415th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gaffling are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gaffling is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 2,012,636. In Germany Gaffling is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 23 percent live and Bavaria, where 3 percent live. Beside Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 34 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafflin931/
Affling930/
Haffling88119/
Afling866/
Gaflin861/
Hafling80139/
Gefling8064/
Gayflin802/
Afliong801/
Offling800/
Hoffling7546/
Eiffling7514/
Heafling751/
Hapfling750/
Goflin7111/
Ofling711/
Afleng711/
Aflink711/
Heuffling710/
Hofling67507/
Eifling67150/
Goflina672/
Gefleng671/
Awflink670/
Heufling631/
Autflink630/
Heifling630/
Oflyng576/
Goflen570/
Hoflingová561/
Goodfellin560/
O'Flyng534/

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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 Gaffling
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