Gniwisch Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Gniwisch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gniwisch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gniwisch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gniwisch occurs more in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gniwisch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Gniwisch is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Gniwisch live; 96 percent live in North America and 93 percent live in Gallo-North America.

It is most frequently used in Canada, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,417,138. In Canada Gniwisch is most numerous in: Quebec, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Canada this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Gniwisch Last Name Statistics demography

Gniwisch earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 24.69% less than the national average, earning $37,417 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niewisch8882/
Gniwesch885/
Niewiesch821/
Nibisch8012/
Ngniwih801/
Newisch801/
Niwis772/
Gniwi772/
Newitsch7518/
Neuwisch7513/
Günnewich7185/
Niwicz714/
Newish713/
Niweih711/
Niswis711/
Niwesh711/
Nivish711/
Newich710/
Niwi67313/
Günnewicht6745/
Gönnewicht6739/
Newitch671/
Gnewych671/
Nivisht671/
Nibhish671/
Neivich671/

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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 Gniwisch
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