Jeff Forename

717^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 1,165,255 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

United States

Highest density in:

Haiti

Jeff Forename Definition:

A diminutive not of Geoffrey but of Jeffrey.

Jeff Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	100%	860,786	1:421	66
Canada	100%	92,037	1:360	45
Haiti	100%	43,741	1:245	18
Australia	-	28,419	1:481	110
England	100%	17,805	1:3,123	432
Nigeria	100%	14,000	1:12,683	1,541
Kenya	100%	13,273	1:3,489	582
Ghana	100%	10,394	1:2,596	413
Philippines	99%	9,628	1:11,011	1,449
Rwanda	100%	7,251	1:1,568	333
New Zealand	-	6,521	1:696	162
Saudi Arabia	-	6,061	1:5,084	796
Zambia	-	3,818	1:4,153	619
China	-	3,583	1:381,260	23,229
DR Congo	99%	2,986	1:24,725	1,926
Madagascar	-	2,721	1:8,684	1,463
Netherlands	100%	2,384	1:7,090	998
Papua New Guinea	98%	2,378	1:3,428	376
France	100%	2,319	1:28,663	1,124
Sudan	100%	2,181	1:17,335	1,813
Gabon	100%	1,604	1:1,174	272
Poland	100%	1,602	1:23,737	801
Angola	-	1,485	1:18,159	1,621
South Africa	100%	1,401	1:38,924	4,321
Malaysia	99%	1,222	1:24,918	2,395
Wales	100%	1,194	1:2,592	417
Liberia	99%	1,138	1:3,877	500
Bangladesh	-	1,100	1:144,965	8,534
Togo	-	989	1:7,320	1,126
Brazil	100%	965	1:222,006	9,569
Japan	-	964	1:132,766	5,338
Ethiopia	-	925	1:105,470	7,385
Hong Kong	-	886	1:8,750	792
Germany	100%	803	1:120,396	2,347
Scotland	100%	803	1:6,663	554
Singapore	100%	728	1:8,636	1,608
Denmark	-	679	1:8,320	759
Ireland	100%	664	1:6,993	596
Sri Lanka	-	644	1:32,297	3,883
Egypt	100%	629	1:146,106	5,938
Belgium	100%	598	1:19,214	1,512
Luxembourg	100%	544	1:1,037	213
India	100%	505	1:2,405,699	118,082
Sweden	100%	478	1:20,623	1,433
South Korea	-	442	1:12,544	1,438
Thailand	100%	389	1:180,118	12,370
Morocco	-	382	1:89,918	3,081
Taiwan	100%	372	1:63,897	8,918
Dominican Republic	-	327	1:31,900	2,533
Uganda	100%	319	1:128,392	5,295
Suriname	-	313	1:1,766	411
Cameroon	100%	312	1:69,264	4,082
Indonesia	100%	304	1:848,565	55,219
Malawi	100%	296	1:57,812	3,676
Northern Ireland	95%	290	1:6,356	644
Fiji	-	288	1:3,099	856
Mali	-	276	1:61,514	3,059
Peru	100%	261	1:121,806	4,002
Bahrain	-	252	1:5,352	871
Chad	100%	247	1:55,054	5,059
Portugal	-	240	1:43,379	1,571
Vanuatu	-	239	1:1,095	315
Tanzania	100%	216	1:244,390	9,326
Switzerland	100%	214	1:38,381	1,927
Guam	-	181	1:888	190
Guatemala	100%	176	1:91,525	2,121
Qatar	100%	169	1:14,021	2,196
Mexico	100%	168	1:738,955	6,910
Congo	100%	167	1:29,995	2,701
Tonga	-	151	1:711	162
Russia	97%	133	1:1,084,464	9,081
Iraq	-	121	1:289,404	4,202
Botswana	100%	116	1:18,831	2,313
Uzbekistan	100%	116	1:265,400	5,580
Djibouti	-	109	1:8,401	725
Spain	100%	100	1:465,300	6,114
Costa Rica	100%	99	1:48,161	2,175
Dominica	-	97	1:778	158
Italy	100%	97	1:629,506	6,270
Malta	-	97	1:4,426	628
Solomon Islands	100%	97	1:5,989	698
Kuwait	-	85	1:44,533	4,106
Jamaica	-	78	1:36,964	2,343
Guernsey	-	73	1:868	190
Panama	100%	67	1:58,307	3,629
Bermuda	-	58	1:1,118	250
Afghanistan	100%	57	1:572,342	8,978
Barbados	-	57	1:5,084	773
Norway	100%	57	1:90,041	3,038
Mauritius	-	56	1:23,175	2,050
French Polynesia	-	54	1:5,146	841
New Caledonia	100%	52	1:5,195	708
Chile	100%	49	1:359,331	5,064
Mozambique	-	49	1:555,987	1,346
Myanmar	-	49	1:1,060,169	627
Vietnam	-	48	1:1,929,648	3,126
Venezuela	100%	46	1:656,563	16,150
Austria	100%	43	1:198,005	2,996
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	41	1:33,205	3,418
Nicaragua	100%	40	1:150,458	4,367
Seychelles	100%	39	1:2,376	540
Guyana	100%	37	1:20,629	2,526
Burundi	-	36	1:275,182	656
United States Virgin Islands	-	33	1:3,326	600
Lebanon	100%	32	1:175,862	4,084
Mongolia	-	31	1:94,671	6,256
American Samoa	-	29	1:1,926	312
Belize	100%	29	1:12,218	1,691
Greece	-	29	1:377,053	5,762
Benin	100%	28	1:377,709	14,020
Finland	88%	28	1:195,828	3,377
Antigua and Barbuda	-	26	1:3,823	748
Czechia	97%	26	1:409,852	2,291
Cayman Islands	-	25	1:2,452	535
Honduras	100%	25	1:352,699	6,316
Iran	-	25	1:3,139,875	15,440
Israel	100%	25	1:336,117	8,046
Saint Lucia	100%	24	1:7,409	1,127
Ecuador	-	22	1:805,769	6,913
Grenada	100%	21	1:5,149	844
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	21	1:1,653	420
Northern Mariana Islands	-	20	1:2,733	523
United Arab Emirates	-	20	1:357,600	16,509
Colombia	100%	19	1:2,514,680	19,060
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	19	1:5,873	978
Belarus	100%	18	1:526,799	3,344
Ivory Coast	100%	17	1:1,357,408	36,328
Oman	-	17	1:241,686	3,539
Equatorial Guinea	-	16	1:71,106	389
Libya	-	16	1:388,832	1,019
Pakistan	74%	16	1:12,147,355	77,853
Turkey	100%	16	1:4,862,607	22,291
Jersey	100%	15	1:6,665	705
Cambodia	-	14	1:1,162,381	17,251
Gibraltar	-	14	1:2,438	470
Macau	-	14	1:43,444	529
Marshall Islands	100%	14	1:3,659	559
Algeria	-	13	1:2,936,671	7,684
Kazakhstan	100%	12	1:1,478,904	13,216
Puerto Rico	-	12	1:295,858	3,040
Zimbabwe	100%	12	1:1,285,318	41,030
Bahamas	-	11	1:36,306	1,206
Monaco	-	10	1:3,847	675
Burkina Faso	100%	9	1:2,042,163	43,570
Comoros	-	9	1:84,593	329
East Timor	-	9	1:135,375	266
Estonia	-	9	1:146,153	5,307
Gambia	-	9	1:214,066	587
Laos	-	9	1:731,873	503
Sierra Leone	-	9	1:787,629	675
Swaziland	-	9	1:144,464	1,815
Tunisia	-	9	1:75,211	3,284
Turkmenistan	-	9	1:608,097	1,859
Aruba	-	8	1:12,972	1,901
Ukraine	-	8	1:5,687,488	9,604
British Virgin Islands	-	7	1:4,464	919
Greenland	-	7	1:8,053	908
Hungary	100%	7	1:1,398,824	3,444
Jordan	100%	7	1:1,260,968	6,027
Romania	-	7	1:2,864,568	25,615
Serbia	-	7	1:1,020,817	6,233
Micronesia	-	6	1:17,750	599
Uruguay	-	6	1:571,273	6,582
Argentina	-	5	1:8,554,649	17,386
Azerbaijan	100%	5	1:1,928,589	20,785
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	5	1:10,972	1,354
Brunei	-	4	1:104,892	1,566
Central African Republic	-	4	1:1,128,848	698
Iceland	100%	4	1:91,504	3,703
Nauru	100%	4	1:2,982	284
Norfolk Island	-	4	1:581	152
Samoa	-	4	1:48,798	712
South Sudan	100%	4	1:2,887,755	1,822
Cuba	-	3	1:3,835,517	8,849
Isle of Man	100%	3	1:28,341	386
Lesotho	-	3	1:679,999	29,822
Maldives	-	3	1:144,634	3,056
Namibia	-	3	1:801,393	11,859
Nepal	-	3	1:9,495,784	71,056
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	2	1:1,762,229	6,852
Bulgaria	-	2	1:3,495,195	19,668
El Salvador	-	2	1:3,170,893	11,665
Georgia	100%	2	1:1,869,233	20,119
Lithuania	-	2	1:1,475,941	3,949
Niger	-	2	1:9,591,997	55,581
Slovakia	-	2	1:2,655,032	6,915
Albania	-	1	1:3,046,570	49,159
Anguilla	-	1	1:13,255	1,687
Armenia	100%	1	1:2,918,753	14,910
Bhutan	-	1	1:824,928	6,865
Bolivia	-	1	1:10,601,404	9,299
Cook Islands	-	1	1:18,153	1,349
Croatia	-	1	1:4,217,076	20,943
Curaçao	-	1	1:155,803	1,239
Cyprus	-	1	1:871,076	5,368
Falkland Islands	-	1	1:3,142	392
Guinea	-	1	1:11,858,647	7,978
Kyrgyzstan	100%	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
North Macedonia	-	1	1:2,090,757	15,787
Mauritania	-	1	1:4,095,239	27,701
Moldova	-	1	1:3,561,139	8,690
Montenegro	-	1	1:634,576	4,914
Palau	-	1	1:21,711	239
Paraguay	-	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	-	1	1:5,829	386
Saint Martin	-	1	1:35,746	277
São Tomé and Príncipe	-	1	1:191,997	5,295
Senegal	100%	1	1:14,581,356	34,505
Slovenia	-	1	1:2,458,758	6,723
Syria	-	1	1:19,306,075	9,560
Yemen	-	1	1:26,296,751	14,474

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The alternate forms: Jèff (1) & Jéff (1) are calculated separately.

Jeff (8,379) may also be a surname.

Jeff Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A diminutive not of Geoffrey but of Jeffrey.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

DNA test information

Jeff Forename Popularity

Jeff Demographics

Average Male Jeff Height

177.36^cm

Average male height (US):

175.3 cm

Sample size: 34,573 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Jèff	92	1	/
Jéff	92	1	/
Djeff	89	833	/
Jeffe	89	605	/
Jheff	89	103	/
Jeffs	89	73	/
Jeeff	89	24	/
Jefft	89	17	/
Jeiff	89	11	/
Jjeff	89	9	/
Jefff	89	6	/
Jeaff	89	5	/
Jieff	89	5	/
Jeffh	89	5	/
Jgeff	89	4	/
Jeffp	89	3	/
Jeffz	89	3	/
Jehff	89	3	/
Jeyff	89	3	/
Zjeff	89	2	/
Jewff	89	2	/
Tjeff	89	1	/
Hjeff	89	1	/
Jetff	89	1	/
Jejff	89	1	/
Jef	86	9,498	/
Eff	86	139	/
Djeffe	80	9	/
Jheffe	80	4	/
Jeffth	80	3	/
Jheyff	80	2	/
Djheff	80	1	/
D'Jeff	80	1	/
Eujeff	80	1	/
Jesÿff	80	1	/
Jieffe	80	1	/
Jeffff	80	1	/
Jeffsh	80	1	/
Jefftt	80	1	/
Jeeffe	80	1	/
Jeeffh	80	1	/
Jeeffs	80	1	/
Jeheff	80	1	/
Jeiffe	80	1	/
Jeffss	80	1	/
Jeffhs	80	1	/
Jeef	75	6,558	/
Djef	75	3,058	/
Jzef	75	2,316	/
Geff	75	692	/
Jefe	75	664	/
Jiff	75	179	/
Zeff	75	138	/
Jeft	75	121	/
Seff	75	112	/
Zjef	75	68	/
Heff	75	55	/
Jhef	75	45	/
Yeff	75	23	/
Jeaf	75	21	/
Jeif	75	21	/
Ijef	75	16	/
Ceff	75	12	/
Jief	75	12	/
Jefs	75	11	/
Ieff	75	8	/
Jehf	75	8	/
Jefh	75	7	/
Jesf	75	7	/
Jeuf	75	4	/
Hjff	75	4	/
Jefp	75	3	/
Jetf	75	3	/
Jjef	75	2	/
Jedf	75	2	/
Jeyf	75	2	/
Jepf	75	2	/
Jevf	75	1	/
Jyff	75	1	/
Jefz	75	1	/
Jjff	75	1	/
Epff	75	1	/
Effh	75	1	/
Shsjeff	73	1	/
Jechffe	73	1	/
Ef	67	2,225	/
Djeef	67	1,466	/
Yeffe	67	396	/
Djefe	67	117	/
Cheff	67	66	/
Jeyfe	67	23	/
Seiff	67	19	/
Geffe	67	16	/
Jeefe	67	15	/
Zieff	67	15	/
Jiffe	67	14	/
Ajief	67	14	/
Jeafe	67	10	/
Jiefe	67	9	/
Jeife	67	9	/
Sieff	67	8	/
Jefph	67	7	/
Seeff	67	7	/
Geiff	67	6	/
Jayff	67	5	/
Jesfe	67	5	/
Jefhe	67	4	/
Seffh	67	4	/
Jhefe	67	4	/
Jyffe	67	3	/
Jheef	67	3	/
Jezfe	67	3	/
Jihef	67	2	/
Sceff	67	2	/
Zeffe	67	2	/
Gepff	67	2	/
Gedff	67	2	/
Gieff	67	2	/
Jephf	67	2	/
Jetfe	67	2	/
Jefss	67	1	/
Djiff	67	1	/
Djezf	67	1	/
Djefs	67	1	/
Chjef	67	1	/
Seaff	67	1	/
Kheff	67	1	/
Hieff	67	1	/
Heffs	67	1	/
Jaiff	67	1	/
Jetft	67	1	/
Jepfh	67	1	/
Jhyff	67	1	/
Jevfe	67	1	/
Jhepf	67	1	/
Jheft	67	1	/
Jhefz	67	1	/
Jhiff	67	1	/
Jieef	67	1	/
Jiejf	67	1	/
Jeaft	67	1	/
Jeahf	67	1	/
Jeeif	67	1	/
Jehfe	67	1	/
Jyoff	67	1	/
Yeffh	67	1	/
Zepff	67	1	/
Jefpp	67	1	/
Jeftt	67	1	/
Jeesf	67	1	/
Jeefh	67	1	/
Jeeft	67	1	/
Joyff	67	1	/
Jheif	67	1	/
Jheyf	67	1	/
Jewheffe	67	1	/
Jffwy	67	1	/
Jgedf	67	1	/
Jeyfs	67	1	/
Hzjff	67	1	/
Hjjff	67	1	/
Hjdff	67	1	/

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Footnotes

First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
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 Jeff