Gallhöfer Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gallhöfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gallhöfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Gallhofer (92) are calculated separately.

Gallhöfer Last Name Facts

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

Gallhöfer is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Gallhofer. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gallhöfer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gallhöfer is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gallhöfer are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 75 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 17 percent reside and Italy, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gallhofer9692/
Galhöfer941/
Gallhafer890/
Galhofer8223/
Gollhofer78405/
Gaulhofer78323/
Gailhofer7879/
Gallapher783/
Gallopher781/
Gallafher781/
Gaillefer781/
Gallepher780/
Allefer751/
Galafer751/
Gaylhoffer749/
Gollhoffer744/
Golhofer714/
Allaffer710/
Gelhofer710/
Galepher710/
Galafe6716/
Alofer6715/
Alafer6711/
Galofe674/
Galefe672/
Hallaffer671/

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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 Gallhöfer
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