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 most common in South Africa. It can occur as a variant: Geldenhüys. Click here for further possible spellings of Geldenhuys.
How Common Is The Last Name Geldenhuys? popularity and diffusion
The last name Geldenhuys is the 31,341st most widespread last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 427,673 people. The surname Geldenhuys is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Geldenhuys reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It 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 numerous in: Western Cape, where 35 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and North West, where 7 percent are found. Besides South Africa Geldenhuys occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
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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