de Boef Surname

1,001,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 255 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Boef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Boef 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
Netherlands2341:72,16712,266
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

de Boef Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Boef occurs most in The Netherlands. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Boef? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,001,271st most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of de Boef are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 234 people, or 1 in 72,167. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Gelderland, where 34 percent reside, South Holland, where 26 percent reside and North Brabant, where 16 percent reside. Excluding The Netherlands it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

de Boef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of de Boef has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 340 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
de Boeff9323/
de Beuf86147/
de Boev861/
da Bohef801/
de Buf77123/
de Bow7736/
de Bouw71154/
de Bouv712/
de Buff711/
de Bauw57348/
da Bohib531/
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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 de Boef
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