Gottrau Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Gottrau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 28 | 1:293,318 | 23,433 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
Gottrau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gottrau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gottrau is most common in Switzerland. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gottrau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gottrau is the 2,944,094th most commonly used last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. The surname Gottrau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gottrau are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Gottrau is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 293,318. In Switzerland Gottrau is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Fribourg, where 39 percent live, Canton of Lucerne, where 36 percent live and Canton of Bern, where 25 percent live. Outside of Switzerland Gottrau is found in one country. It also occurs in France, where 36 percent live.
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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 Gottrau
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