Gaitanides Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Greece

Gaitanides Surname User-submission:

Gaitanidis comes from a dance game called 'gaitanaki', which is a carnival custom in Greece. Gaitanas is the person who performs the 'gaitanaki'.

Gaitanides 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
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
France11:66,422,722504,397

Gaitanides Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Gaitanidis comes from a dance game called 'gaitanaki', which is a carnival custom in Greece. Gaitanas is the person who performs the 'gaitanaki'.

- gaitanidou
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Gaitanides Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gaitanides is found most in Germany. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaitanides? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Gaitanides is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Gaitanides reside; 50 percent reside in Western Europe and 43 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 13,417,576. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 67 percent are found and Hamburg, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 29 percent are found and Greece, where 21 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaitanidis90809/
Gaaitanidis861/
Gaitanidi848/
Atanaides843/
Gaitenidis804/
Gaytanidis801/
Gitanidi781/
Atonides781/
Gatanida781/
Gaytanidi747/
Autonides740/
Hatounidis601/
Gastaneduy601/
Gastañeduy5016/
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