Gutknecht Surname

79,420th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Gutknecht Surname Definition:

(German) The good or able servant.

Gutknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,8031:44,6515,855
United States1,5551:233,09322,416
Switzerland1,4291:5,747889
France6591:100,79314,799
Brazil3291:650,68224,051
Canada1631:226,04721,702
Poland491:775,68962,719
Australia271:999,84158,390
Austria241:354,81038,119
Venezuela211:1,438,28919,453
Belgium141:821,18966,436
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Czechia111:966,67976,885
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
England31:18,572,686338,250
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Gutknecht Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The good or able servant.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Gutknecht Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gutknecht occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gutknecht? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 79,420th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,186,317 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Gutknecht live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Gutknecht is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,803 people, or 1 in 44,651. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Switzerland, where 23 percent reside.

Gutknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gutknecht has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Gutknecht surname rose 1,654 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gutknecht Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gutknecht surname are 12.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.14% registered with the party.

The amount Gutknecht earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.5% less than the national average, earning R 55,836 per year; in United States they earn 12.88% more than the national average, earning $48,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.45% less than the national average, earning $49,458 CAD per year.

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