Gottschald Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gottschald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gottschald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4171:193,05922,332
Brazil641:3,344,91195,290
United States271:13,424,405494,117
Chile81:2,202,05930,910
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England51:11,143,612252,590
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Göttschald (1) are calculated separately.

Gottschald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gottschald has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also appear as a variant: Göttschald. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottschald? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 585,898th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 13,647,090 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Gottschald live; 79 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 417 people, or 1 in 193,059. In Germany Gottschald is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 41 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside and Thuringia, where 8 percent reside. Barring Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Gottschald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Gottschald are 35.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.89% being registered with the party.

Gottschald earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 32.36% less than the national average, earning $29,187 USD per year.

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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 Gottschald
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