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 has its highest incidence in France. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Geistlich? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,628,521st most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Geistlich reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 1,145,219. In France Geistlich is primarily found in: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 45 percent are found, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 22 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 22 percent are found. Aside from France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 39 percent are found and Germany, where 13 percent are found.

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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