Gestefeld Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gestefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gestefeld Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Gestefeld Last Name Facts

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

Gestefeld is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gestefeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gestefeld is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 59 percent of Gestefeld live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Gestefeld is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 92 percent are found and Bremen, where 8 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 36 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Gestefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gestefeld has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Geistefeldt9014/
Geistfeld89177/
Geistfield842/
Geistfeldt840/
Gastifield741/
Settefelt674/

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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 Gestefeld
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