Gygax Surname
Approximately 2,623 people bear this surname
Gygax Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2,120 | 1:3,874 | 545 |
| United States | 213 | 1:1,701,685 | 112,840 |
| France | 40 | 1:1,660,568 | 152,033 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Germany | 33 | 1:2,439,559 | 124,421 |
| Peru | 30 | 1:1,059,471 | 19,489 |
| Ireland | 22 | 1:214,043 | 8,362 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gygax Demographics
Average Gygax Salary in
United States
$49,323 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gygax Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gygax Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gygax is found in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gygax? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 165,194th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,778,325 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Gygax reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 69 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is held by 2,120 people, or 1 in 3,874. In Switzerland it is most frequent in: Canton of Bern, where 44 percent are found, Canton of Aargau, where 10 percent are found and Canton of Solothurn, where 9 percent are found. Not including Switzerland it exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Gygax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gygax has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gygax surname expanded 10,650 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gygax Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gygax are 1.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.08% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gygax earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 470.39% more than the national average, earning S/. 110,570 per year; in United States they earn 14.31% more than the national average, earning $49,323 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.94% more than the national average, earning $59,092 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guygax | 91 | 0 | / |
| Gigax | 80 | 327 | / |
| Gegax | 80 | 50 | / |
| Gygox | 80 | 10 | / |
| Gygaxová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gigaux | 73 | 51 | / |
| Goigaux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouygoux | 62 | 64 | / |
| Gigueaux | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gigac | 60 | 24 | / |
| Gegak | 60 | 24 | / |
| Gegac | 60 | 8 | / |
| Gegox | 60 | 3 | / |
| Gigak | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gjgak | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gegag | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gigox | 60 | 0 | / |
| Gigoux | 55 | 428 | / |
| Gegoux | 55 | 75 | / |
| Gégoux | 55 | 2 | / |
| Guegak | 55 | 1 | / |
| Goigoux | 50 | 731 | / |
| Ghingak | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ghingag | 50 | 1 | / |
| Guigoux | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Gygax
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