Gätzi Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Gätzi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 294 | 1:27,935 | 4,275 |
| Liechtenstein | 18 | 1:2,132 | 228 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Gatzi (8) are calculated separately.
Gätzi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gätzi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gätzi is found most in Switzerland. It may also be found in the variant forms: Gatzi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gätzi? popularity and diffusion
Gätzi is the 853,416th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. Gätzi occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Gätzi reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is borne by 294 people, or 1 in 27,935. In Switzerland Gätzi is most common in: Canton of St Gallen, where 47 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 17 percent reside and Canton of Schwyz, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Switzerland this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liechtenstein, where 6 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gätzi
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