Güles Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Norway

Güles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Güles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Gules (591) & Guleş (1) are calculated separately.

Güles Last Name Facts

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

Güles is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms: Gules or Guleş. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Güles? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Güles occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Güles live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 42 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,544,426. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Western Cape, where 100 percent reside. Barring South Africa this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent reside and Norway, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gules93591/
Güls89100/
Guleş871/
Giles80110,481/
Güleç8040,095/
Goles802,852/
Gülez801,480/
Gülec80464/
Gülis8022/
Gulles731,121/
Gülgeç731,002/
Golles73594/
Golesh73196/
Gulese7372/
Golesz7366/
Goules7353/
Gileus7352/
Gilies7329/
Gulesh7328/
Gulets7327/
Giless7312/
Gaules7311/
Gilesh738/
Gulies736/
Goless734/
Gilees734/
Goleas732/
Golies732/
Gileis731/
Gooles731/
Guless731/
Gulesz731/
Gülece731/
Gilejs731/
Guleds731/
Güleşce67510/
Gols67195/
Goelles6749/
Gulless6744/
Gulestø6738/
Gouleas6736/
Goleash6734/
Golesch6730/
Guls6727/
Gullesh6716/
Goulles6715/
Gholeis679/
Gollesz674/
Gollies674/
Gulleys673/
Gileish671/
Gaulets671/
Goliesz671/
Gullees671/
Gullest671/
Gullies671/
Gülisch671/
Gülz671/
D'Giles671/
Goulest670/
Golleas670/

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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 Güles
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