Gestefeld Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Gestefeld Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gestefeld Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gestefeld Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gestefeld is found most frequently in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Gestefeld click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gestefeld? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Gestefeld is predominantly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Gestefeld live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 59 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Gestefeld is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany Gestefeld is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 92 percent are found and Bremen, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gestefeld last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geistefeldt | 90 | 14 | / |
| Geistfeld | 89 | 177 | / |
| Geistfield | 84 | 2 | / |
| Geistfeldt | 84 | 0 | / |
| Gastifield | 74 | 1 | / |
| Settefelt | 67 | 4 | / |
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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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