Gressbach Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gressbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gressbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Gressbach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gressbach is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gressbach? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gressbach live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 483,113. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of St Gallen, where 94 percent are found and Canton of Bern, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent are found.

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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 Gressbach
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