Giffhorn Surname

553,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Giffhorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Giffhorn Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3591:224,24925,098
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Brazil681:3,148,15291,004
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
England51:11,143,612252,590
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Giffhorn Last Name Facts

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

The last name Giffhorn is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Giffhorn? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 553,576th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Giffhorn reside; 64 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 359 people, or 1 in 224,249. In Germany Giffhorn is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 71 percent live, Saarland, where 6 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent live and Brazil, where 12 percent live.

Giffhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Giffhorn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Giffhorn last name grew 6,450 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Giffhorn Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Giffhorn surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% registered to vote for the party.

Giffhorn earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.63% more than the national average, earning $52,049 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gifhorn9395/
Gifforn933/
Giffohrn881/
Giefhorn880/
Jiffhorn880/
Gifeorne751/
Gifferin751/
Gifern710/
Hefforn673/
Jefforn672/
Guffern670/
Heiforn670/

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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 Giffhorn
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