Gottfarb Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Gottfarb Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gottfarb Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gottfarb Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gottfarb is carried by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gottfarb? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most widely held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname Gottfarb occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gottfarb are found; 68 percent are found in Northern Europe and 65 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 410,282. In Sweden Gottfarb is most numerous in: Stockholm County, where 88 percent reside, Västra Götaland County, where 8 percent reside and Uppsala County, where 4 percent reside. Beside Sweden Gottfarb exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 32 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.
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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
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