Göllnitz Surname
Approximately 695 people bear this surname
Göllnitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 682 | 1:118,043 | 14,494 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Göllnitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Göllnitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Göllnitz occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Göllnitz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Göllnitz? popularity and diffusion
Göllnitz is the 480,002nd most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 10,485,678 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Göllnitz are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 682 people, or 1 in 118,043. In Germany Göllnitz is primarily found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 21 percent reside, Saxony, where 20 percent reside and Bavaria, where 10 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 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
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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 Göllnitz
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