Aalfs Surname

891,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 301 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Aalfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aalfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Netherlands1281:131,93120,423
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Aalfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aalfs is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aalfs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 891,661st most commonly used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. The last name Aalfs is mostly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Aalfs are found; 43 percent are found in Western Europe and 43 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 2,144,727. In The United States Aalfs is most frequent in: California, where 18 percent reside, Iowa, where 15 percent reside and Michigan, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 43 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Aalfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Aalfs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 16,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Aalfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Aalfs surname are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.

Aalfs earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.03% less than the national average, earning $40,980 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alfs89557/
Aalf891/
Ahlfs80149/
Aulfs809/
Alhfs802/
Aaslf801/
Alf751,587/
Halfss733/
Alhfsh732/
Haelfs731/
Ahlf671,811/
Alff671,621/
Aslf67841/
Alfe67564/
Half67404/
Alft67231/
Olfs6792/
Alvs6786/
Albs6770/
Aulf6721/
Alws6719/
Allf6715/
Alfz6710/
Galf676/
Alfì674/
Alhf674/
Alfh672/
Aalw671/
Ailf671/
Aylf671/

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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 Aalfs
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