Geistlich Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Geistlich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Geistlich 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
France581:1,145,219121,886
Switzerland481:171,10215,661
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Geistlich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Geistlich is found most in France. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Geistlich? popularity and diffusion

The surname Geistlich is the 1,628,521st most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. Geistlich is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Geistlich are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in France, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,145,219. In France Geistlich is mostly concentrated in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 45 percent live, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 22 percent live and Centre-Val de Loire, where 22 percent live. Beside France this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 39 percent live and Germany, where 13 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
Geistle757/
Geistler71207/
Geitle6774/
Sehitli6343/
Geitler6321/
Gjetle5327/
Jyetli531/
Gjetley5032/
Giittle500/
Guyetle500/

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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 Geistlich
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