Gumtow Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Gumtow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gumtow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2441:1,485,487101,350
Germany1221:659,88151,431
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Gumtow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gumtow is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gumtow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gumtow is the 773,729th most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,857,073 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Gumtow live; 66 percent live in North America and 66 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 244 people, or 1 in 1,485,487. In The United States it is primarily found in: Wisconsin, where 23 percent live, Michigan, where 18 percent live and Florida, where 13 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 33 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.

Gumtow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gumtow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gumtow surname grew 1,525 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gumtow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gumtow surname are 32.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.31% being registered to vote for the party.

Gumtow earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.82% more than the national average, earning $45,230 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gumttow920/
Guntow8378/
Gumtaw830/
Gontow6775/
Guntov676/
Guntova622/
Guntoft622/
Gundtoft57165/
Gusentov571/
Gutentoft536/
Gontov50146/
Guntav502/
Gontów501/

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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 Gumtow
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