Gernholz Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Gernholz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gernholz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Israel21:4,278,817136,311

Gernholz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gernholz occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gernholz? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Gernholz is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Gernholz live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany Gernholz is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garnholz8851/
Hernholz880/
Gernols801/
Ernalz71142/
Gernolles7120/
Hernalz6743/
Gernals671/
Grenols670/
Grenolds6332/
Gernales6316/
Chernoles5997/
Ernals5715/
Gornals53113/
Grenals530/
Gornales5012/
Hernales509/
Cernales507/
Garnales503/
Chernals502/
Garneles501/
Sernales501/
Cearnals500/
Grenalds500/
Grenalch500/

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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 Gernholz
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