Gatefield Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Gatefield Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Gatefield Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gatefield Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gatefield occurs most in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Gatefield click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gatefield? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gatefield is the 2,808,717th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Gatefield live; 83 percent live in Northern Europe and 83 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Gatefield is most common in England, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Gatefield is most common in: Essex, where 30 percent live, Devon, where 25 percent live and Cheshire, where 20 percent live. Excluding England this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 42 percent live and Portugal, where 8 percent live.
Gatefield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gatefield has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gatefield last name grew 667 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hatefield | 89 | 6 | / |
| Gastifield | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gottesfield | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hatifield | 78 | 8 | / |
| Gottefeld | 78 | 3 | / |
| Gottesfeld | 74 | 317 | / |
| Osteefield | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gootesfeld | 74 | 1 | / |
| Hattefjeld | 74 | 1 | / |
| Götefelt | 71 | 9 | / |
| Gotifild | 71 | 4 | / |
| Autefault | 56 | 44 | / |
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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 Gatefield
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