Geftler Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Israel

Geftler Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Geftler Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Germany21:40,252,730481,636

Geftler Last Name Facts

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

Geftler (Russian: Гефтлер) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Geftler? popularity and diffusion

The surname Geftler is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Geftler reside; 50 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 50 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Russia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 14,412,306. In Russia Geftler is primarily found in: Moscow, where 40 percent live, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 40 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 10 percent live. Other than Russia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 17 percent live and Israel, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eftler922/
Heftler86148/
Hefftler8027/
Heuftler801/
Sevtler715/
Giftlee712/
Seuftle710/
Siftler710/
Ciftlei571/
Sevttle570/
Jeftelli531/
Seawtelle501/
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Geftler Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Geftler in the Russian language
Гефтлерgeftler-

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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 Geftler
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