Gürtner Surname

452,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gürtner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gürtner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7281:110,58413,613
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Austria41:2,128,85991,203
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Gurtner (4,199) are calculated separately.

Gürtner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gürtner is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Gurtner. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gürtner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 452,572nd most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gürtner live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 728 people, or 1 in 110,584. In Germany Gürtner is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 83 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 1 percent are found and Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gurtner954,199/
Gortner86360/
Girtner8637/
Gürtnerová828/
Goertner8025/
Gorthner807/
Gourtner802/
Gűrtnerová713/
Gurtnerová712/
Gurtnerova711/
Gurtenne678/

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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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  • 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 Gürtner
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