Colfs Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Colfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Colfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium781:147,39320,769
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
France11:66,422,722504,397

Colfs Last Name Facts

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

Colfs is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Colfs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,931,261st most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Colfs live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Belgium, where it is borne by 78 people, or 1 in 147,393. In Belgium Colfs is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 17 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Belgium it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent are found and Burundi, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Colf89516/
Colfe8017/
Colbs8013/
Solfs8012/
Colff806/
Calfs802/
Collf801/
Jolfs800/
Johlfs7332/
Colvås7312/
Kolf671,475/
Calf67403/
Colb67158/
Colv673/
Koelfsh671/
Colw671/

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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 Colfs
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