Gottfries Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Gottfries Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Gottfries Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gottfries Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gottfries has its highest incidence in Sweden. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gottfries? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gottfries is the 3,100,440th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gottfries are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly held in Sweden, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 259,125. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 53 percent are found, Västra Götaland County, where 18 percent are found and Uppsala County, where 13 percent are found. Besides Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 3 percent are found and Norway, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gottfried | 89 | 9,153 | / |
| Gottfrois | 89 | 72 | / |
| Gottfriet | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gottfriedt | 84 | 30 | / |
| Gottfriedz | 84 | 20 | / |
| Gottffried | 84 | 1 | / |
| Gotfried | 82 | 267 | / |
| Gofrie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goztfriet | 78 | 18 | / |
| Goztfried | 78 | 4 | / |
| Gootfried | 78 | 2 | / |
| Gottfryed | 78 | 1 | / |
| Gotfriedt | 78 | 1 | / |
| Godtfried | 78 | 0 | / |
| Goofrie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Godfrie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Godfres | 75 | 0 | / |
| Godfried | 71 | 434 | / |
| Goffrier | 71 | 56 | / |
| Godfreys | 71 | 5 | / |
| Godfriey | 71 | 4 | / |
| Gohfried | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gutfrice | 71 | 2 | / |
| Goufrier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Goffried | 71 | 1 | / |
| Godffrie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gothfrye | 71 | 0 | / |
| Goodfried | 67 | 47 | / |
| Godfriedt | 67 | 45 | / |
| Godffriey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gafrie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gofreey | 63 | 3 | / |
| Godfrex | 63 | 1 | / |
| Godfreey | 59 | 23 | / |
| Gaufriez | 59 | 2 | / |
| Ghafried | 59 | 1 | / |
| Godfroix | 59 | 1 | / |
| Godfrays | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gafrej | 53 | 4 | / |
| Gaffrée | 50 | 8 | / |
| Gaffreé | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gottfries
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