Gelfant Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Gelfant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelfant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Gelfant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gelfant (Russian: Гельфант) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gelfant.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelfant? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,372,517th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Gelfant reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States Gelfant is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 39 percent are found, Florida, where 21 percent are found and New Jersey, where 21 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 38 percent are found and Russia, where 3 percent are found.

Gelfant Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gelfant last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Gelfant earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 12.9% less than the national average, earning $37,583 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.26% more than the national average, earning $70,180 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elfant92171/
Gelfan9237/
Gelfand863,932/
Helfant86265/
Elfante86134/
Gelfont8624/
Guelfan862/
Gelfane862/
Ghelfan861/
Gilfant860/
Glfan831/
Guelfand80102/
D'Elfant8076/
Gelfands8021/
Guelfane8010/
Gielfand808/
Chelfant804/
Ghelfand801/
Gillfant801/
Guelfain801/
Elfand7798/
Elfont7768/
Gilfan7719/
Gelfon7717/
Zelfan7717/
Ilfant7711/
Gelfam777/
Selfan771/
Gelfanova7570/
Helfand711,373/
Gelfond71689/
Gilfand7156/
Helfont7126/
Zelfand718/
Celfand711/
Gilfont711/
Selfand711/
Gelphan710/
Gelfound6747/
Ghelfond6720/
Zlfan6714/
Glfam676/
Gillfand675/
Jlfan671/
Hellfont671/
Guilfont671/
Elphante671/
Chelfont671/

Gelfant Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelfant in the Russian language
Гельфантgelfant-

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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 Gelfant
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