Geringhoff Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Geringhoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 69 | 1:1,166,746 | 76,492 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Geringhoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geringhoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Geringhoff is found most in Germany. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Geringhoff? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Geringhoff reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Geringhoff is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany Geringhoff is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live and Hesse, where 1 percent live. Other than Germany this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gehringhoff | 95 | 18 | / |
| Heiringhoff | 86 | 150 | / |
| Heyringhoff | 86 | 1 | / |
| Heringoff | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gergoff | 82 | 100 | / |
| Guergoff | 78 | 36 | / |
| Jerghoff | 78 | 21 | / |
| Giergoff | 78 | 11 | / |
| Geringov | 78 | 4 | / |
| Geringova | 74 | 10 | / |
| Heringhova | 70 | 2 | / |
| Ergof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guergouf | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Geringhoff
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