Geldenhuys Surname
Approximately 17,040 people bear this surname
Geldenhuys Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 16,469 | 1:3,290 | 434 |
| England | 169 | 1:329,693 | 24,334 |
| Australia | 117 | 1:230,732 | 21,761 |
| United States | 50 | 1:7,249,179 | 331,838 |
| New Zealand | 46 | 1:98,442 | 13,260 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Zimbabwe | 26 | 1:593,778 | 45,605 |
| Namibia | 14 | 1:172,100 | 9,625 |
| Switzerland | 13 | 1:631,763 | 43,230 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
The alternate forms: Geldenhüys (2) are calculated separately.
Geldenhuys Demographics
Average Geldenhuys Salary in
United States
$42,212 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Geldenhuys Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geldenhuys Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geldenhuys is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Geldenhüys. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Geldenhuys? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 31,341st most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 427,673 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Geldenhuys live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 16,469 people, or 1 in 3,290. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 35 percent live, Gauteng, where 27 percent live and North West, where 7 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname exists in 50 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Geldenhuys Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Geldenhuys earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.46% more than the national average, earning R 381,324 per year; in United States they earn 2.17% less than the national average, earning $42,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.03% more than the national average, earning $53,176 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geldenhüys | 97 | 2 | / |
| Geldenhys | 95 | 13 | / |
| Geldenhuiys | 95 | 1 | / |
| Geldenhiuys | 95 | 1 | / |
| Geldenhuy | 95 | 1 | / |
| Gildenhuys | 90 | 1,487 | / |
| Geldenhuis | 90 | 719 | / |
| Geldenhaus | 90 | 6 | / |
| Seldenhuys | 90 | 1 | / |
| Geldenhuyd | 90 | 1 | / |
| Gledenhuys | 90 | 1 | / |
| Geldenjuys | 90 | 1 | / |
| Geldenhuijs | 86 | 14 | / |
| Geldenhuise | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gildenhys | 84 | 2 | / |
| Gildenhuis | 80 | 24 | / |
| Gildenhaus | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gildinhuys | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gueldenou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gildenaus | 74 | 1 | / |
| Gheldene | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gildeanu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Geldiney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gueldene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gledeney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gildenue | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Geldenhuys
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