Guttknecht Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Guttknecht Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guttknecht Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Denmark71:806,38843,211
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Guttknecht Last Name Facts

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

Guttknecht is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Guttknecht? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Guttknecht occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Guttknecht reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Guttknecht is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 3,220,218. In Germany Guttknecht is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 80 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Guttknecht Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Guttknecht has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Guttknecht
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis