Gwozdz Surname

240,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,666 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Gwozdz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gwozdz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8601:421,46436,514
Germany2201:365,93434,941
France1441:461,26965,815
Brazil991:2,162,36767,701
Canada871:423,51337,101
Poland741:513,63249,911
Argentina461:929,20559,251
England371:1,505,89364,828
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Norway101:514,22941,629
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Belarus81:1,187,63277,603
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Austria51:1,703,08789,702
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: Gwoždz (7), Gwoźdz (5), Gwożdz (2) & Gwózdz (1) are calculated separately.

Gwozdz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gwozdz is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Gwoždz, Gwoźdz, Gwożdz or Gwózdz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gwozdz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 240,172nd most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,374,277 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Gwozdz live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 860 people, or 1 in 421,464. In The United States it is most frequent in: Massachusetts, where 22 percent are found, Illinois, where 11 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.

Gwozdz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gwozdz last name are 18.87% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.1% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Gwozdz earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.61% less than the national average, earning 233,208 kr per year; in United States they earn 4.86% more than the national average, earning $45,246 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.44% more than the national average, earning $64,311 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gwoždz947/
Gwoźdz945/
Gwożdz942/
Gwózdz941/
Gwosdz83990/
Gvozdz8334/
Gwuzdz8313/
Guozdz832/
Gwozds832/
Gwoisdz771/
Gvozds676/

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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 Gwozdz
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