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.

DNA test information

Barfs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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 surname Barfs is most common in Germany. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barfs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,352,516th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Barfs live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 73 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live and Hesse, where 2 percent live. Aside from Germany it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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