de Cerf Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

de Cerf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Cerf 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
France91:7,380,302306,885
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Cerf Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Cerf occurs more in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

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

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of de Cerf reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name de Cerf is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 7,380,302. In France de Cerf is mostly concentrated in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 89 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Apart from France it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 27 percent live and Belgium, where 7 percent live.

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 Cerff9392/
Decerf92710/
de Kerf86739/
Decerff868/
de Serf867/
De-Cerf861/
de Scherff821/
de Cervo803/
Ducerf77722/
Deserf7735/
de Serifou711/
Decervi711/
Decervo711/
de Azerraf711/
de Servi67513/
do Cervo671/
de Servo671/
de Serve671/
da Kerfe671/
de Girv571/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Cerf
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis