Geffcken Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Geffcken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Geffcken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Geffcken Last Name Facts

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

Geffcken is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Geffcken? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Geffcken occurs mostly in Europe, where 56 percent of Geffcken are found; 48 percent are found in Western Europe and 44 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Geffcken is most numerous in: Georgia, where 55 percent are found, California, where 27 percent are found and Mississippi, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent are found and Belgium, where 4 percent are found.

Geffcken Last Name Statistics demography

Geffcken earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.99% more than the national average, earning $62,562 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geffken93547/
Gefcken9318/
Geffchen882/
Gefffken881/
Gefken86512/
Effken8647/
Heffken8027/
Gaffken808/
Giffken800/
Seffken800/
Efken77196/
Giffeken750/
Gafken7167/
Gevcen7133/
Hefken711/
Heffkn710/
Gefkin710/
Sefken710/
Siefken672,048/
Giebken6772/
Heufken6765/
Effquen6711/
Seefken678/
Seifken676/
Jeffkin676/
Gaffkin672/
Giffkin671/
Euffkin671/
Efcn671/
Gehvken670/

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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 Geffcken
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