Gehwolf Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Gehwolf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 93 | 1:91,564 | 13,432 |
| Germany | 78 | 1:1,032,121 | 70,345 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gehwolf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gehwolf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gehwolf occurs most in Austria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gehwolf? popularity and diffusion
Gehwolf is the 1,281,391st most prevalent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. Gehwolf is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gehwolf reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most widespread in Austria, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 91,564. In Austria Gehwolf is primarily found in: Salzburg, where 89 percent reside, Tyrol, where 9 percent reside and Styria, where 2 percent reside. Beside Austria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 44 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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