Gaudenz Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Gaudenz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 90 | 1:91,255 | 10,041 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gaudenz (443) may also be a first name.
Gaudenz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaudenz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaudenz is found most frequently in Switzerland. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaudenz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,497,948th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. Gaudenz occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Gaudenz live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 69 percent live in Germanic Europe. Gaudenz is also the 407,208th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 443 people.
The last name is most numerous in Switzerland, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 91,255. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Graubünden, where 57 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent are found and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Switzerland this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 21 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadenz | 92 | 368 | / |
| Gaudens | 86 | 914 | / |
| Gaudence | 80 | 5,835 | / |
| Gaudenci | 80 | 42 | / |
| Gaudense | 80 | 1 | / |
| Udenze | 77 | 1,803 | / |
| Gadens | 77 | 299 | / |
| Adenze | 77 | 16 | / |
| Adienz | 77 | 12 | / |
| Audens | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gudens | 77 | 6 | / |
| Godenz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Audiens | 71 | 52 | / |
| Guddens | 71 | 27 | / |
| Gudiens | 71 | 27 | / |
| Godienz | 71 | 4 | / |
| Uudenze | 71 | 3 | / |
| Gaudins | 71 | 3 | / |
| Udehnze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adeenze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gaddens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gaydens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Adens | 67 | 220 | / |
| Odenz | 67 | 30 | / |
| Udens | 67 | 8 | / |
| Udemz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Udnze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaddenns | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gaudenz
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