Canfer Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Canfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Canfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England761:733,13240,828
Turkey361:2,161,70672,332
Israel141:611,26042,949
Northern Cyprus141:22,7865,518
France91:7,380,302306,885
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Canfer (302) may also be a first name.

Canfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Canfer is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Canfer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,364,059th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,984,851 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 70 percent of Canfer live; 47 percent live in Northern Europe and 47 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 506,891st most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 302 people.

The surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 733,132. In England Canfer is most prevalent in: Suffolk, where 28 percent are found, Essex, where 25 percent are found and Norfolk, where 20 percent are found. Beside England this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 22 percent are found and Israel, where 9 percent are found.

Canfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Canfer has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Canfer last name increased 330 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Canfer Last Name Statistics demography

Canfer earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning $12,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chanfer9211/
Canfeur9210/
Confer834,411/
Kanfer83543/
Canfes83118/
Camfer8397/
Sanfer8366/
Canfez8344/
Zanfer8323/
Janfer832/
Canfre831/
Cannfe830/
Khanfer77485/
Coonfer7782/
Confere7774/
Scamfer7771/
Kaunfer7740/
Sanfeer7721/
Confehr7719/
Campfer776/
Chamfer775/
Chanfir774/
Sanfier774/
Connfer772/
Kanffer772/
Janffer771/
Counfer771/
Camfher771/
Sanffer771/
Jannfer771/
Chanfre771/
Conferd770/
Kanfert770/
Confert770/
Camfert770/
Confear770/
Sanfear770/
Confe73150/
Canfi7311/
Kanfe7310/
Canfa733/
Canfy731/
Camfe730/
Dzhanfer714/
Kasinfer712/
Jahnfeer711/
Conferre711/
Jhanfeer711/
Jeanfehr711/
Kannpfer710/
Jaanfear710/
Zanfir675,670/
Kamfer673,304/
Kanfeh67400/
Sanfir6782/
Kanfed6747/
Zanfyr6740/
Keanfe6718/
Camfes6715/
Kanfee6712/
Kanfir677/
Janfir676/
Janfre675/
Konfer674/
Comfer674/
Kanfei673/
Confed673/
Samfer672/
Confie671/
Confre671/
Jamfer671/
Confes671/
Confir671/
Canfaa671/
Chãfer671/
Conffe670/
Confey670/

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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 Canfer
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