de Fer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Burundi

de Fer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Fer 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
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

de Fer (32) may also be a first name.

de Fer Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Fer is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of de Fer.

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

The last name de Fer is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name de Fer occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of de Fer live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. de Fer is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 32 people.

The last name de Fer is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States de Fer is mostly found in: Arizona, where 20 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Illinois, where 20 percent live. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 14 percent live and Argentina, 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 Fehr9241/
de Fere9210/
de Fe9144/
de Ferre866/
de Fez83406/
de Fre83107/
de Feu8352/
de Fey8322/
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de Fir835/
de Fes834/
de Fea833/
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de Fet831/
de Fei831/
de Veer771,672/
de Feij7786/
de Feis7759/
De-Fehr776/
de Vier774/
de Fior771/
de Fair771/
de Vehr771/
da Fere771/
de Vear771/
da Fe731,490/
de Fa7313/
de Ve734/
de Fé733/
de Fi731/
de Fè731/
de Faire7125/
der Veer712/
da Fre67485/
de Foy67170/
de Vei67116/
de Fay67100/
de Vey6755/
de Vie6720/
de Vee675/
de Vea674/
de Fio674/
De-Ver673/
de Foi673/
de Vir673/
de Fuá671/
de Fès671/
de Fúa671/
di Fei671/
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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 Fer
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