Berf Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Berf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Berf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Berf (26) may also be a first name.

Berf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Berf (Russian: Берф) is found most in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Berf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Berf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Berf is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Berf is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Berf are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Berf is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 26 people.

The surname Berf is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 4,237,129. In Germany Berf is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Berf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Berf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Berft89410/
Berfe8922/
Berff891/
Berfft803/
Beerwf801/
Bearef801/
Werf75717/
Barf75228/
Berv7540/
Verf7531/
Berb7519/
Borf7517/
Uerf752/
Birf752/
Berfsch731/
Barff67755/
Werff67391/
Werft67375/
Bearb67355/
Verfe6741/
Werfe6720/
Verff6714/
Beerw677/
Bervå677/
Verfå674/
Birfs673/
Borff672/
Bearw672/
Barrf672/
Bharf672/
Wuerf672/
Veirf671/
Vehrf671/
Bherv671/
Bhorf671/
Vierf671/
Weirf671/
Baarf671/
Barfh671/

Berf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Berf in the Russian language
Берфberf-

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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 Berf
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