Gifhorn Surname

1,907,068th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gifhorn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gifhorn Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany871:925,35065,249
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Gifhorn Last Name Facts

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

Gifhorn is found most frequently in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gifhorn? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,907,068th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Gifhorn is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gifhorn reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gifhorn is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 925,350. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 59 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 24 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Gifhorn Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gifhorn has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gifhorn surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giffhorn93576/
Giefhorn930/
Gifforn863/
Gifeorne801/
Giffohrn801/
Jiffhorn800/
Gifern770/
Heiforn710/
Gifarina6714/
Ifarn677/
Gifferin671/
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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 Gifhorn
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