Gmyz Surname

653,013th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 462 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Gmyz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gmyz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland4361:87,17613,472
Belarus151:633,40454,314
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Gmyż (4) are calculated separately.

Gmyz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gmyz (Russian: Гмыз) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Gmyż. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gmyz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 653,013th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 15,773,909 people. Gmyz is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gmyz reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Poland, where it is held by 436 people, or 1 in 87,176. Besides Poland Gmyz exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gmyż924/
Gmy86311/
Gmez75749/
Gmys75267/
Gmey752/
Ghmy751/
Gmyt751/
Gmyp751/
Ggmy751/
Gmay751/
Gmmy751/
Gmyj751/
Gmyzova7355/
Ngmoy6713/
Gëmez6710/
Ngmey672/
Ghmay672/
Gh'my671/
Hgmyt671/
Gmybp671/
G'May671/
Gmych671/
Gmecz670/

Gmyz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gmyz in the Russian language
Гмызgmyz-

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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 Gmyz
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