Guiffault Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Guiffault Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guiffault Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France761:873,983102,402
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Guiffault Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guiffault is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guiffault? popularity and diffusion

Guiffault is the 2,047,559th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Guiffault is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Guiffault reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 873,983. In France it is primarily found in: Pays de la Loire, where 38 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 25 percent live and Brittany, where 17 percent live. Other than France this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Giffault9459/
Guiffaut9437/
Giffaut88280/
Guiffaud828/
Guiffa8010/
Guifau801/
Gueffal75118/
Giffaud7563/
Giffaux7515/
Guiffou751/
Guiffeu751/
Guiffaz751/
Giffu7171/
Gifal7137/
Guifa718/
Giffa717/
Guifu717/
Giffould711/
Guiffo671,169/
Guifeu6713/
Geffat6710/
Gueffa676/
Guefal676/
Gaiful676/
Guifai674/
Giffus672/
Gifoul671/
Giffaz671/
Geffal671/
Giffud670/

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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 Guiffault
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