Gschwendner Surname

641,055th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 474 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Gschwendner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gschwendner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3651:220,56324,769
Austria911:93,57613,671
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Gschwendner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gschwendner is most common in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gschwendner? popularity and diffusion

Gschwendner is the 641,055th most commonly used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 15,374,569 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Gschwendner are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 220,563. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 84 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 19 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 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
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