Goetza Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Goetza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Goetza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goetza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Goetza occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Goetza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Goetza occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Goetza reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 92 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Brandenburg, where 73 percent live, Hesse, where 18 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent live. Besides Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent live.
Goetza Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Goetza has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Goetza
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