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 surname Geringhoff is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Geringhoff? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,273,756th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Geringhoff live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 1,166,746. In Germany Geringhoff is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 6 percent reside and Hesse, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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