Göttfert Surname

445,430th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Göttfert Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Göttfert Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6271:128,39815,655
Austria1221:69,79910,688
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Gottfert (98) are calculated separately.

Göttfert Last Name Facts

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

The last name Göttfert is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as a variant: Gottfert. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Göttfert? popularity and diffusion

It is the 445,430th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 9,513,768 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Göttfert are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 627 people, or 1 in 128,398. In Germany Göttfert is most common in: Bavaria, where 59 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 16 percent reside and Sweden, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gottfert9698/
Göttfertová842/
Goettfert827/
Getfert8024/
Getferdt753/
Goetfert752/
Godfert673/
Getfort671/
Gotferd670/
Goetferd631/
Gatford53356/
Getford5319/
Godferd5315/
Gotford530/
Godforth504/

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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 Göttfert
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