Gartwyl Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gartwyl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gartwyl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland471:174,74315,901
Australia31:8,998,567200,784

Gartwyl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gartwyl has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gartwyl? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Gartwyl live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 174,743. In Switzerland Gartwyl is most prevalent in: Canton of Bern, where 66 percent are found, Canton of Thurgau, where 32 percent are found and Canton of Fribourg, where 2 percent are found. Other than Switzerland Gartwyl occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gartwell807/
Garthwail750/
Artwell71422/
Hartwel718/
Gardwel711/
Hartwell6713,679/
Hartwill67104/
Gardwell676/
Hartweld672/
Hartwelt670/
Heartwell63203/
Harthwell634/
Hartweell633/
Harttwell631/
Hartwiell630/
Hartwwell630/
Hardwel57235/
Ardwell577/
Artuell573/
Garduel571/
Ortwell571/
Arthuel570/
Hortwel570/
Hartuel570/
Hardwell531,550/
Hardwill5363/
Gordwill531/
Gordwell530/
Hortwill530/
Hortwell530/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gartwyl
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