Gützlaff Surname

1,092,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gützlaff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gützlaff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2221:362,63734,736
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

The alternate forms: Gutzlaff (147) are calculated separately.

Gützlaff Last Name Facts

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

Gützlaff is found most in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Gutzlaff. Click here for other potential spellings of Gützlaff.

How Common Is The Last Name Gützlaff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gützlaff is the 1,092,155th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Gützlaff live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 362,637. In Germany Gützlaff is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 23 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Berlin, where 16 percent reside. Barring Germany Gützlaff is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 0 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

Gützlaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Gützlaff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gutzlaff96147/
Gitzlaff88175/
Gustzlaff821/
Gutzlaf8031/
Gitzlaf801/
Gutzlafh751/
Gutslaff751/
Gutzloff750/
Gitzloff750/
Goetzloff7112/
Gutslafh631/
Gustzlof630/
Gitsloff630/
Guzlof570/
Gutslav5312/

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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 Gützlaff
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