Gecelter Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Israel

Gecelter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gecelter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa301:1,805,92385,708
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955

Gecelter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gecelter is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gecelter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gecelter is the 2,185,341st most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. The surname Gecelter is mostly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Gecelter are found; 40 percent are found in Southern Africa and 40 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 1,805,923. In South Africa Gecelter is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 93 percent reside, North West, where 3 percent reside and Northern Cape, where 3 percent reside. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 21 percent reside and Canada, where 12 percent reside.

Gecelter Last Name Statistics demography

Gecelter earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.23% more than the national average, earning R 330,864 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gezelter8823/
Gicelter885/
Geselter882/
Eichelter8223/
Geslter801/
Getlter801/
Ghelter801/
Gelleter750/
Gitzelter7122/
Gletter6759/
Coylter671/
Gellete671/
Seulter671/
Guitselter671/
Sealter670/
Seilter670/

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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 Gecelter
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