Geldhoff Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Geldhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Geldhoff 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
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Geldhoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Geldhoff is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Geldhoff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Geldhoff live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 938,176. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 56 percent live, South Holland, where 28 percent live and Flevoland, where 6 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 5 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
Geldhof932,483/
Geldoff9322/
Gildhoff8854/
Gheldhof885/
Geldof862,153/
Gheldof80407/
Gildhof804/
Gyldhof801/
Heldhof801/
Gildoff800/
Sledhoff751/
Geldow711/
Gildof711/
Heldof711/
Gledhow6723/
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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 Geldhoff
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