Gelfond Surname

483,143rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 689 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gelfond Surname Definition:

(Polish, German) One who loaned money on the security of personal property pledged in his keeping, a pawnbroker; variant of Helfand, q.v.

Gelfond Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4891:741,22558,038
Israel1341:63,8638,018
Russia441:3,275,524171,933
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gelfond Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Polish, German) One who loaned money on the security of personal property pledged in his keeping, a pawnbroker; variant of Helfand, q.v.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gelfond Last Name Facts

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

Gelfond (Russian: Гельфонд) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelfond? popularity and diffusion

Gelfond is the 483,143rd most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,576,990 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Gelfond are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 489 people, or 1 in 741,225. In The United States Gelfond is mostly found in: New York, where 19 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and New Jersey, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 19 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Gelfond Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gelfond surname are 18.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72.15% registered with the political party.

Gelfond earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.42% more than the national average, earning $52,390 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gelfound9347/
Ghelfond9320/
Elfond92199/
Gelfon9217/
Gelfand863,932/
Helfond8672/
Zelfond8629/
Gelfont8624/
Gelfund8623/
Gilfond8619/
Guelfand80102/
Gelfands8021/
Gielfand808/
Ghelfand801/
Elfand7798/
Elfont7768/
Selfon7747/
Gelfan7737/
Zelfon7720/
Gilfon773/
Helfand711,373/
Gelfant7165/
Gilfone7164/
Gilfand7156/
Helfont7126/
Zelfand718/
Guelfan712/
Gelfane712/
Celfand711/
Gilfont711/
Selfand711/
Ghelfan711/
Guelfane6710/
Zhilfond676/
Gillfand675/
Zlfon673/
Gilffone672/
Jelfoune672/
Glfan671/
Hellfont671/
Guilfont671/
Chelfont671/

Gelfond Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gelfond in the Russian language
Гельфондgelfond-

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