Geselschap Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Geselschap Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Geselschap Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geselschap Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geselschap is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Geselschap.
How Common Is The Last Name Geselschap? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,323,005th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Geselschap live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Geselschap is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 625,451. In The Netherlands Geselschap is mostly concentrated in: South Holland, where 52 percent are found, Gelderland, where 41 percent are found and Drenthe, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Geselschap Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Geselschap has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Geselschap last name declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gesellschap | 95 | 37 | / |
| Gezelschap | 90 | 4 | / |
| Gheelchai | 74 | 6 | / |
| Selesha | 71 | 15 | / |
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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 Geselschap
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