Gottchalk Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Gottchalk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gottchalk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Gottchalk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gottchalk occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottchalk? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Gottchalk live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Gottchalk is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States Gottchalk is most numerous in: California, where 40 percent live, Illinois, where 10 percent live and Indiana, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent live and Paraguay, where 13 percent live.

Gottchalk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gottchalk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gottchalk surname declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gottchalk Last Name Statistics demography

Gottchalk earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 76.54% more than the national average, earning $76,175 USD per year.

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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 Gottchalk
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