Göhlitz Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Göhlitz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Göhlitz Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Gohlitz (4) are calculated separately.

Göhlitz Last Name Facts

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

Göhlitz is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Gohlitz. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Göhlitz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Göhlitz live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 2,118,565. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 71 percent live and Schleswig-Holstein, where 29 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gohlitz954/
Gölitz92177/
Galitz77500/
Golitz77223/
Gölicz779/
Gelitz779/
Gheliz774/
Ghaliz772/
Göhlich71806/
Gallitz71246/
Goelitz71126/
Ghehliz711/
Ghalaiz711/
Gholizh711/
Golhitz711/
Galiz67935/
Geliz67557/
Goliz67170/
Gölez679/
Géliz671/
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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 Göhlitz
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