Gerlitzer Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Gerlitzer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Gerlitzer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gerlitzer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gerlitzer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gerlitzer? popularity and diffusion
Gerlitzer is the 4,772,636th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Gerlitzer is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gerlitzer live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Gerlitzer is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 5,750,390. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 12 percent reside and Austria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goerlitzer | 95 | 20 | / |
| Görlitzer | 89 | 164 | / |
| Gorlitzer | 89 | 21 | / |
| Ehrlitzer | 89 | 11 | / |
| Gerlicher | 78 | 193 | / |
| Girrlizer | 78 | 0 | / |
| Gehrlicher | 74 | 196 | / |
| Erlicher | 71 | 182 | / |
| Ehrlicher | 67 | 605 | / |
| Erlecher | 59 | 0 | / |
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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 Gerlitzer
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