Gottlieb Surname

26,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,695 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Gottlieb Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Gottlieb (God, love).

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Gottlieb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,0791:32,7164,082
Israel3,4921:2,451301
Germany1,6331:49,2996,431
Denmark1,0041:5,622519
Namibia7291:3,305573
Brazil4021:532,52319,975
Austria3851:22,1183,480
Canada3681:100,12410,876
England1961:284,27622,043
Czechia1491:71,36611,994
Australia1391:194,21419,182
Hungary1241:79,1647,974
South Africa1021:531,15442,340
Argentina1001:427,43432,472
Sweden921:107,0307,712
Netherlands791:213,76228,937
France791:840,79499,796
Poland701:542,98251,331
Chile651:271,0238,011
Slovakia491:108,90720,583
Thailand451:1,569,741208,465
Dominican Republic391:267,5119,432
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
United States Virgin Islands311:3,560588
Belgium311:370,85940,209
Luxembourg311:18,7274,129
Mexico251:4,965,04829,049
Uruguay201:171,58814,480
Italy141:4,368,335106,343
India131:59,005,029552,550
Norway111:467,48139,375
Bahamas81:48,969812
Greenland71:8,054710
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
China41:341,830,39216,990
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3021:166,28715,069

Gottlieb (6,755) may also be a first name.

Gottlieb Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Gottlieb (God, love).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Gott means 'God' and lieb means 'love'. The meaning is 'love of God'.

- yolch

Gottlieb Last Name Facts

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

Gottlieb (Hindi: गाटलिब, Russian: Готтлиеб) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottlieb? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 26,005th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 352,140 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Gottlieb live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 79,407th most common forename world-wide, held by 6,755 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 11,079 people, or 1 in 32,716. In The United States Gottlieb is primarily found in: New York, where 25 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States Gottlieb exists in 61 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.

Gottlieb Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gottlieb has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gottlieb last name grew 3,669 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gottlieb Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gottlieb surname are 42.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.42% being registered with the political party.

The amount Gottlieb earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.01% more than the national average, earning 422,235 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 11.66% less than the national average, earning R 209,940 per year; in United States they earn 31.96% more than the national average, earning $56,941 USD per year and in Canada they earn 79.39% more than the national average, earning $89,126 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Gottlieb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gottlieb in the Hindi language
गाटलिबgataliba-
Gottlieb in the Russian language
Готтлиебgottlieb-

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Gottlieb Reference & Research

Gottlieb DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Gottlieb FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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