Gottwalt Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Gottwalt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gottwalt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2311:1,569,086105,843
Germany1881:428,22138,630
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Gottwalt (19) may also be a first name.

Gottwalt Last Name Facts

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

Gottwalt occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gottwalt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gottwalt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 695,980th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. Gottwalt occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Gottwalt live; 54 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. Gottwalt is also the 2,523,061st most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 231 people, or 1 in 1,569,086. In The United States it is most numerous in: Minnesota, where 59 percent are found, Illinois, where 13 percent are found and Ohio, where 10 percent are found. Other than The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 44 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Gottwalt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gottwalt has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gottwalt last name rose 444 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gottwalt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Gottwalt surname are 12.9% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.13% being registered with the party.

Gottwalt earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $46,422 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 Gottwalt
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