Göhl Surname

309,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Göhl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Göhl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1791:68,2838,739
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080

Göhl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Göhl has its highest incidence in Germany. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Göhl? popularity and diffusion

Göhl is the 309,963rd most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,993,048 people. The last name Göhl is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Göhl are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Göhl is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 1,179 people, or 1 in 68,283. In Germany Göhl is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 51 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live. Barring Germany it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Göl8615,231/
Ghl8615/
Gehl754,234/
Göll75350/
Ghel75164/
Gihl75124/
Ghil75121/
Gähl7578/
Gühl7577/
Ghll752/
Ghld751/
Gghl751/
Nghl751/
Gåhl751/
Göhlová733/
Giehl674,342/
Goehl67709/
Gl67657/
Guehl67467/
Gaehl6735/
Gheel6727/
Ghill6715/
Guihl6710/
Ghell678/
Geehl671/
Nghil671/

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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 Göhl
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