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 occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Colfs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Colfs are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 147,393. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 79 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 17 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent reside. Other than Belgium it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 11 percent reside and Burundi, where 4 percent reside.

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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