Gfeller Surname

100,289th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,711 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gfeller Surname User-submission:

The surname Gfell or Gfeller means 'gradient', 'happiness'. It also refers to a department of alpine meadow, which is fenced and fertilized, particularly location of the chalet flat space that its fertilizer by it self obtained by the milking and there for the night overlapping cattle.

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Gfeller Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland3,7091:2,214236
United States6951:521,52443,542
Uruguay421:81,7098,364
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
France301:2,214,091176,965
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Netherlands171:993,36365,241
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Panama121:326,0227,351
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
England81:6,964,757184,742
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Gfeller Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Gfell or Gfeller means 'gradient', 'happiness'. It also refers to a department of alpine meadow, which is fenced and fertilized, particularly location of the chalet flat space that its fertilizer by it self obtained by the milking and there for the night overlapping cattle.

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Gfeller Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gfeller (Russian: Гфеллер) occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gfeller? popularity and diffusion

Gfeller is the 100,289th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,546,921 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Gfeller live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 3,709 people, or 1 in 2,214. In Switzerland Gfeller is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 53 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Aargau, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland Gfeller exists in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Uruguay, where 1 percent reside.

Gfeller Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gfeller has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gfeller last name expanded 1,103 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gfeller Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gfeller last name are 31.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.62% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gfeller earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 43.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,724 per year; in United States they earn 21.23% more than the national average, earning $52,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.48% more than the national average, earning $69,793 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gfoeller9324/
Gfaeller933/
Gffeller930/
Gföller86290/
Gfäller8674/
Kfeller862/
Gfellerová821/
Kfellerová711/
Kfler671/
Kffler622/
Kfle5533/
Gfli551/
Kfleh501/

Gfeller Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gfeller in the Russian language
Гфеллерgfeller-

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