Glättli Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Glättli Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Glättli 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
Switzerland3481:23,6003,736
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

The alternate forms: Glattli (214) are calculated separately.

Glättli Last Name Facts

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

The last name Glättli is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Glattli. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glättli? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 785,023rd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 20,243,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Glättli live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Glättli is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 23,600. In Switzerland Glättli is most prevalent in: Canton of Zürich, where 64 percent are found, Canton of Bern, where 11 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Switzerland this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Uruguay, where 1 percent are found.

Glättli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Glättli has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Glättli surname decreased 92 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
Glattli95214/
Glaittli80122/
Glaettli8078/
Glattly71100/
Glattle710/
Glittle710/
Glettler67635/
Glili6712/
Gleli675/
Glaittle671/
Glattley671/
Gellatli670/
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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 Glättli
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