Gottfert Surname

1,871,545th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 98 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Gottfert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gottfert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania851:236,21022,608
United States91:40,273,215872,126
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Göttfert (766) are calculated separately.

Gottfert Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gottfert is held by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Göttfert. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottfert? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gottfert is the 1,871,545th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. Gottfert occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Gottfert reside; 87 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 87 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 236,210. In Romania Gottfert is most prevalent in: Mureș County, where 99 percent reside and Sibiu County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Romania Gottfert exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 9 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.

Gottfert Last Name Statistics demography

Gottfert earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 282.4% more than the national average, earning $165,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göttfert96766/
Goettfert947/
Goetfert882/
Gofert8639/
Gottfrett822/
Gopfert80185/
Goffert8036/
Getfert8024/
Goutfer8019/
Godfert803/
Goferth802/
Gotferd800/
Gofer77165/
Gottfred75177/
Getferdt753/
Go'pfert751/
Goetferd751/
Gossfert750/
Göttfertová742/
Goffer71283/
Gafert71220/
Ghofer7122/
Gofear7115/
Goofer7110/
Gotfre717/
Godfer715/
Gofere715/
Gofier711/
Gofeer711/
Goufer710/
Gopfer710/
Gotfred6764/
Gaffert6743/
Goufier6736/
Gasfert6731/
Godferd6715/
Goffier679/
Gouffer677/
Getfort671/
Gofferd671/
Gaferth671/
Goifier671/
Ghoffer671/
Gofirth670/
Gapfert670/
Gossfer670/
Gooffer670/
Goffger670/
Gotford670/

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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 Gottfert
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