Geßner Surname
Approximately 5,344 people bear this surname
Geßner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,332 | 1:15,099 | 1,985 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
Geßner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Geßner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Geßner is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Geßner.
How Common Is The Last Name Geßner? popularity and diffusion
Geßner is the 89,755th most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,363,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Geßner reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Geßner is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 5,332 people, or 1 in 15,099. In Germany Geßner is primarily found in: Saxony, where 17 percent reside, Bavaria, where 16 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Germany Geßner occurs in one country. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Geßner
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