Göpfrich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 183 bearers; from the given name Gottfried (< got 'God' + fridu 'peace, protection'); demonstrates compounding-fuge loss in -fried patronymics
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Göpfrich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 379K(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 1M
- USUnited States1 in 2.7Mas Goepfrich
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Göpfrich itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 72 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 379K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Goepfrich in US United States, CA Canada, IT Italy and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
183 bearers; from the given name Gottfried (< got 'God' + fridu 'peace, protection'); demonstrates compounding-fuge loss in -fried patronymics.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Göpfrich counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 379K | listed | Göpfrich | 35 |
| US United States | 123as Goepfrich | 1 in 2.7M | 123 | Goepfrich | 72 |
| IT Italy | ≈14 est. | ≈1 in 4.4M | — | Goepfrich | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Göpfrich | 5 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 6.2M | — | Goepfrich | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 5.2M | — | Goepfrich | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-3 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Göpfrich is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, 183 Träger; Abform des Vornamens Gottfried, mit morphologischer Kürzung und -rich/-frich-Variante.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Gottfried; 183 Träger. Varianten: Göpfrich, Göpferich.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymischer Familienname zum Rufnamen Gottfried; 183 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kerstin Göpfrichb. 1990DEGerman biophysicist and university professor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3 | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Göpfrich mean, and where does it come from?
- 183 bearers; from the given name Gottfried (< got 'God' + fridu 'peace, protection'); demonstrates compounding-fuge loss in -fried patronymics. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
- In which country does Göpfrich have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 212 people named Göpfrich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled göpfrich.
- How common is the name Göpfrich?
- In the United States, the national register counted 123 people named Goepfrich in 2010, about 1 in 2.7 million residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%B6pfrichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Göpfrich”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.