Gätje Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Gätje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 172 | 1:468,055 | 40,982 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Gatje (93) are calculated separately.
Gätje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gätje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gätje is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Gatje. For other possible spellings of Gätje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gätje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,267,784th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name Gätje occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gätje reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 468,055. In Germany Gätje is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 47 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 27 percent reside and Hamburg, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatje | 93 | 93 | / |
| Gäthje | 91 | 120 | / |
| Gotje | 80 | 60 | / |
| Götje | 80 | 27 | / |
| Gädje | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gähte | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gäste | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gitije | 73 | 248 | / |
| Gathje | 73 | 232 | / |
| Ngetje | 73 | 86 | / |
| Gaetje | 73 | 33 | / |
| Gattje | 73 | 22 | / |
| Gätter | 73 | 16 | / |
| Gothje | 73 | 11 | / |
| Getjes | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gottje | 73 | 9 | / |
| Getjie | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gotjie | 73 | 6 | / |
| Goetje | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gittje | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gotjeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gatjie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kgatje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Götjes | 73 | 1 | / |
| Göthje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gete | 67 | 110,230 | / |
| Gite | 67 | 46,244 | / |
| Gote | 67 | 14,049 | / |
| Gate | 67 | 13,780 | / |
| Gije | 67 | 2,677 | / |
| Gächter | 67 | 1,574 | / |
| Geje | 67 | 1,184 | / |
| Gyte | 67 | 422 | / |
| Gaethje | 67 | 56 | / |
| Gäse | 67 | 18 | / |
| Göte | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gaathje | 67 | 13 | / |
| Goethje | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gête | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gîte | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gaatjie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gjge | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gatj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Getj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Getjies | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gytjjge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghitjeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gathjeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guetjer | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Gätje
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