Barfs Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Barfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany621:1,298,47582,291
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Barfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Barfs is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Barfs.

How Common Is The Last Name Barfs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,352,516th most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Barfs are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Barfs is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany Barfs is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 73 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Russia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barf89228/
Barfe801,098/
Barff80755/
Barzf8015/
Barft808/
Barbs804/
Barws803/
Barrf802/
Bharf802/
Basrf801/
Baarf801/
Barfh801/
Baharf732/
Bearef731/
Barhfe731/
Bairef731/
Barwse731/
Bairws730/
Barb676,050/
Barw67332/
Barv6749/
Borf6717/
Barbshh674/
Varf673/
Berfsch671/

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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
  • 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 Barfs
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