Gottwald Surname
Approximately 14,649 people bear this surname
Gottwald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11,553 | 1:6,968 | 863 |
| United States | 889 | 1:407,715 | 35,522 |
| Czechia | 759 | 1:14,010 | 2,027 |
| Austria | 535 | 1:15,917 | 2,366 |
| Poland | 175 | 1:217,193 | 28,426 |
| Australia | 150 | 1:179,971 | 18,195 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| Brazil | 66 | 1:3,243,550 | 93,057 |
| Hungary | 47 | 1:208,857 | 17,470 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Switzerland | 40 | 1:205,323 | 17,881 |
| Slovakia | 34 | 1:156,954 | 27,796 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Mexico | 17 | 1:7,301,541 | 34,591 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Croatia | 14 | 1:302,043 | 29,715 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 108 | 1:464,988 | 33,280 |
Gottwald (74) may also be a first name.
Gottwald Demographics
Average Gottwald Salary in
United States
$49,002 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gottwald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gottwald Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gottwald is most common in Germany. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gottwald? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gottwald is the 36,030th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 497,477 people. The last name Gottwald occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gottwald reside; 83 percent reside in Western Europe and 83 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Gottwald is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used first name globally, held by 74 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 11,553 people, or 1 in 6,968. In Germany Gottwald is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live, Bavaria, where 17 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 46 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and Czechia, where 5 percent live.
Gottwald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gottwald has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gottwald last name expanded 823 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 4,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gottwald Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gottwald surname are 4.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.24% registered with the political party.
The amount Gottwald earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning 339,821 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning R 256,620 per year; in United States they earn 13.56% more than the national average, earning $49,002 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning $46,915 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gottwaldt | 94 | 134 | / |
| Gottwauld | 94 | 5 | / |
| Gottwalds | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ngottwald | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gotwald | 93 | 420 | / |
| Gottwalt | 88 | 424 | / |
| Gootwald | 88 | 2 | / |
| Guttwald | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gottuald | 88 | 1 | / |
| Gothwald | 88 | 0 | / |
| Gottwold | 88 | 0 | / |
| Gottwaldová | 84 | 846 | / |
| Gottwaldova | 84 | 12 | / |
| Gottwaltz | 82 | 18 | / |
| Gottwalts | 82 | 7 | / |
| Gotwalt | 80 | 594 | / |
| Gutwald | 80 | 328 | / |
| Godwald | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gotuald | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gatwald | 80 | 1 | / |
| Getwald | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gotwold | 80 | 0 | / |
| Gotwaldová | 78 | 5 | / |
| Godwaldt | 75 | 198 | / |
| Goodwald | 75 | 52 | / |
| Gotwaltz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gottwolt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gotwalts | 75 | 0 | / |
| Gutwaldová | 67 | 30 | / |
| Gutwalt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Godwalt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Godbald | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gudwald | 67 | 0 | / |
| Gotualt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Godwold | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gottwald
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