Gottschling Surname

101,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,645 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gottschling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gottschling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,8811:20,7432,760
United States3661:990,32573,323
Poland1241:306,52236,280
Romania641:313,71727,893
Canada551:669,92054,285
Australia461:586,86342,409
Austria421:202,74825,305
Hungary161:613,51735,830
England131:4,286,005132,302
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Göttschling (5) are calculated separately.

Gottschling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gottschling is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Göttschling. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottschling? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 101,641st most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,568,901 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Gottschling reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Gottschling is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 3,881 people, or 1 in 20,743. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Bavaria, where 13 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent live and Poland, where 3 percent live.

Gottschling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gottschling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gottschling surname increased 2,815 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Gottschling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gottschling surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the party.

The amount Gottschling earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 7.14% less than the national average, earning $40,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.86% more than the national average, earning $63,526 CAD 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 Gottschling
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