Gettys Surname

208,031st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gettys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gettys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9781:183,24518,281
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
France31:22,140,907385,998
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3351:149,90713,916

Gettys (85) may also be a first name.

Gettys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gettys is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gettys? popularity and diffusion

It is the 208,031st most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,663,925 people. Gettys occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Gettys reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Gettys is also the 1,039,322nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 85 people.

The surname Gettys is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 1,978 people, or 1 in 183,245. In The United States Gettys is most common in: North Carolina, where 19 percent are found, South Carolina, where 14 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Gettys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gettys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gettys surname increased 590 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gettys Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gettys surname are 26.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.47% registered to vote for the party.

Gettys earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Getteys921/
Getys911/
Ettys911/
Gettis83792/
Gettes83172/
Jettys831/
Gittys830/
Getties7721/
Guettes7711/
Gettess772/
Ghettes771/
Getteis770/
Gettise770/
Gettiss770/
Getes73684/
Ettis73192/
Getis73167/
Ettes73125/
Estys7313/
Eteys731/
Ngetis671,298/
Ghetes67172/
Ettish67171/
Ettais67136/
Ettesh67123/
Gestes67100/
Gittes6793/
Ngetes6772/
Guetes6768/
Hettes6747/
Getish6738/
Gittis6732/
Yettis6717/
Hettis6715/
Ettiss675/
Etetse674/
Guetis674/
Ettges671/
Gietis671/
Getese671/
Estoys671/
Ghettisse671/
Getiss671/
Gethis671/
Getesh671/
Getois671/
Jettes670/
Esttes670/
Gestis670/
Yettes670/
Gietes670/
Geites670/
Gettiz670/
Gedtis670/

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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 Gettys
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