Geißler Surname
Approximately 22,325 people bear this surname
Geißler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 21,762 | 1:3,699 | 405 |
| Austria | 560 | 1:15,206 | 2,255 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Geißler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geißler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geißler is found most in Germany. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geißler? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 24,239th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 326,430 people. The surname Geißler is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Geißler live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Geißler is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 21,762 people, or 1 in 3,699. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 24 percent are found, Bavaria, where 17 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 3 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Geißler
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