Gottfried Surname

55,478th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,153 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Gottfried Surname Definition:

(Ger.) see Godfrey in Dict.

Gottfried Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,4281:23,4853,110
United States3,2371:111,97412,153
Israel5401:15,8472,372
Canada3761:97,99410,662
Poland2571:147,89421,152
Austria2401:35,4815,724
Russia2301:626,62254,766
Czechia2101:50,6368,489
Argentina1361:314,29024,990
France771:862,633101,453
Hungary771:127,48411,841
Brazil651:3,293,45194,173
Mexico451:2,758,36022,009
England391:1,428,66862,556
Kazakhstan331:535,83338,572
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Peru171:1,869,65424,503
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
China21:683,660,78330,601
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Aruba11:103,4772,586
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1281:392,33329,245

The alternate forms: Göttfried (193) are calculated separately.

Gottfried (83,811) may also be a first name.

Gottfried Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) see Godfrey in Dict.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Gottfried Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gottfried (Russian: Готтфриед) is found most in Germany. It can also be found as a variant: Göttfried. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottfried? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,478th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 796,192 people. The surname Gottfried occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Gottfried live; 41 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 11,905th most widely held given name worldwide It is held by 83,811 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 3,428 people, or 1 in 23,485. In Germany Gottfried is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 21 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 51 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 35 percent reside and Israel, where 6 percent reside.

Gottfried Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gottfried has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gottfried last name increased 2,529 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 355 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gottfried Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gottfried last name are 35.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.02% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Gottfried earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 6.58% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,660 per year; in United States they earn 11.87% more than the national average, earning $48,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.02% more than the national average, earning $52,177 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gottfried Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gottfried in the Russian language
Готтфриедgottfried-

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Gottfried Reference & Research

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