Gernhöfer Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Gernhöfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 71 | 1:1,133,880 | 74,985 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
The alternate forms: Gernhofer (73) are calculated separately.
Gernhöfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gernhöfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gernhöfer is most common in Germany. It can also be found as a variant: Gernhofer. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gernhöfer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,091,648th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 89,969,703 people. The last name Gernhöfer is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gernhöfer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 71 people, or 1 in 1,133,880. In Germany it is most numerous in: Hesse, where 55 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found and Hamburg, where 10 percent are found. Other than Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 11 percent are found and Paraguay, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gernhofer | 96 | 73 | / |
| Ehrnhöfer | 89 | 50 | / |
| Ernhöffer | 89 | 28 | / |
| Gernhoefer | 84 | 170 | / |
| Gernhoffer | 84 | 88 | / |
| Ernhofer | 82 | 160 | / |
| Ernhéfer | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ehrnhofer | 78 | 69 | / |
| Ernhoffer | 78 | 60 | / |
| Gernoffer | 78 | 15 | / |
| Herrnhofer | 74 | 82 | / |
| Gornefer | 71 | 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 Gernhöfer
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