Family name 歌德 (Goethe 
, 歌德 
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The last name 歌德 is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare surname, Switzerland, and Germany, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, Germany, and Israel. Much less frequently, 歌德 is the forename as well as the last name.