Gleiß Surname

521,266th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Gleiß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gleiß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5361:150,19718,035
Austria881:96,76614,085

The alternate forms: Glei (139) are calculated separately.

Gleiß Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gleiß has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Glei. For other potential spellings of Gleiß click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gleiß? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 521,266th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gleiß reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 536 people, or 1 in 150,197. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 18 percent are found, Hesse, where 15 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found. Beside Germany Gleiß exists in one country. It is also found in Austria, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glei96139/
Gleiße911/
Gleß89285/
Gliß8916/
Gleis80831/
Gleit80259/
Gleie80177/
Gleij8089/
Glehi8040/
Gleid8012/
Gleyi8011/
Gleiz805/
Gleio804/
Gleih802/
Glaeß801/
Gleia801/
Ghlei801/
Gle753,888/
Gli751,485/
Gleich735,768/
Gleitz73794/
Gleiss73461/
Gleise7370/
Göllei7361/
Gellei7350/
Gleisz7316/
Gleist7311/
Gleidt7310/
Gleihs739/
Gleish732/
Gleith731/
Glehis731/
Gleice731/
Gleits730/
Gleihy730/
Glaß673,183/
Glee672,342/
Gloe671,408/
Glai671,087/
Gley671,073/
Glez67981/
Gläß67589/
Glue67585/
Gliz67549/
Glet67516/
Gler67504/
Gleh67294/
Gles67122/
Gleiche67110/
Glis6779/
Gleu6769/
Glea6765/
Glit6748/
Glid6741/
Ngli6736/
Glih6731/
Glae6716/
Glej6716/
Gled6716/
Gloi6715/
Gleđ6714/
Glli6714/
Glie6711/
Ngle6711/
Ghli6711/
Ghle6710/
Gleisse6710/
Glip678/
Glye678/
Gliš678/
Øgle676/
Glui674/
Glep674/
Gleň673/
Gleiyse673/
Cgle672/
Glhi671/
Gilleis671/
Gleiech671/
Gløe671/
Glleich671/
Cgli671/
Glex671/
Glhe671/
Gleisce671/
Glleice671/
Hgli671/
Kgli671/
Glle671/
Glix671/
Gleitch670/
Gilleit670/
Gleitsh670/
Gleisch670/

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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 Gleiß
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