Gelfenstein Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Israel

Gelfenstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelfenstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile271:652,46215,367
Israel141:611,26042,949
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gelfenstein Last Name Facts

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

Gelfenstein is more commonly found in Chile than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelfenstein? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,580,327th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Gelfenstein live; 50 percent live in South America and 48 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The surname is most frequently held in Chile, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 652,462. In Chile Gelfenstein is mostly concentrated in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 81 percent reside, Valparaíso Region, where 11 percent reside and Los Lagos Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Chile this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 23 percent reside.

Gelfenstein Last Name Statistics demography

Gelfenstein earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 44.76% more than the national average, earning $62,464 USD per year.

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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 Gelfenstein
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