Gähler Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Gähler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 559 | 1:14,692 | 2,429 |
| Germany | 259 | 1:310,832 | 31,514 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Gahler (884) are calculated separately.
Gähler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gähler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gähler has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It can also occur as a variant: Gahler. Click here for further potential spellings of Gähler.
How Common Is The Last Name Gähler? popularity and diffusion
It is the 412,606th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gähler live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most common in Switzerland, where it is borne by 559 people, or 1 in 14,692. In Switzerland Gähler is most numerous in: Canton of St Gallen, where 31 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 19 percent are found and Canton of Thurgau, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Switzerland this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 31 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
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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
- 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 Gähler
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