Gelfont Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Gelfont Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gelfont Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay131:263,98118,914
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Gelfont Last Name Facts

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

Gelfont occurs more in Uruguay more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gelfont? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gelfont is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Gelfont occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gelfont reside; 63 percent reside in South America and 58 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

This surname is most commonly held in Uruguay, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 263,981. In Uruguay it is most numerous in: Montevideo Department, where 100 percent live. Apart from Uruguay this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 38 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.

Gelfont Last Name Statistics demography

Gelfont earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elfont9268/
Gelfon9217/
Gelfond86689/
Gelfant8665/
Helfont8626/
Gilfont861/
Gelfound8047/
Ghelfond8020/
Hellfont801/
Guilfont801/
Chelfont801/
Elfond77199/
Elfant77171/
Selfon7747/
Gelfan7737/
Zelfon7720/
Gilfon773/
Gelfand713,932/
Helfant71265/
Elfante71134/
Helfond7172/
Gilfone7164/
Zelfond7129/
Gelfund7123/
Gilfond7119/
Gelfane712/
Guelfan712/
Ghelfan711/
Gilfant710/
Guelfand67102/
D'Elfant6776/
Gelfands6721/
Guelfane6710/
Gielfand678/
Chelfant674/
Zlfon673/
Gilffone672/
Jelfoune672/
Glfan671/
Ghelfand671/
Gillfant671/

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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 Gelfont
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