Gyftakis Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Gyftakis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gyftakis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece3271:33,8835,312
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England151:3,714,537119,675
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Gyftakis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gyftakis occurs more in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gyftakis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 760,012th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Gyftakis are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in Greece, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 33,883. In Greece it is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 47 percent are found, Peloponnese, where 34 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 9 percent are found. Not including Greece Gyftakis is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

Gyftakis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gyftakis last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Gyftakis earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 35.33% more than the national average, earning $58,392 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gyftaki93171/
Giftakis8827/
Geftakis8811/
Gyftakos8810/
Giftaki802/
Geftakys7525/

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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
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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 Gyftakis
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