Where Does The Last Name Görtzen Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Görtzen occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Gortzen. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Görtzen? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Görtzen is the 807,857^th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 21,062,271 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Görtzen live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Görtzen is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 259,695. In Germany Görtzen is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 58 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent live and Berlin, where 5 percent live. Beside Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 5 percent live and Finland, where 2 percent live.

Görtzen Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Görtzen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Görtzen surname decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.