Gotwald Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Gotwald Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gotwald Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2321:1,562,323105,498
Poland1351:281,54634,278
Austria431:198,03324,866
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Gotwald Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gotwald is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gotwald? popularity and diffusion

It is the 701,000th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Gotwald reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Gotwald is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 1,562,323. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 32 percent live, Ohio, where 14 percent live and Tennessee, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 32 percent live and Austria, where 10 percent live.

Gotwald Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gotwald has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Gotwald surname expanded 663 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gotwald Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gotwald surname are 9.04% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 55.81% being registered with the political party.

Gotwald earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 10.09% more than the national average, earning $47,502 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Gotwald
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