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.

Gestefeld Surname Distribution Map

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 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

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
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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 Gestefeld
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