Delft Surname

555,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Delft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Delft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands4111:41,0886,981
Belgium1001:114,96617,029
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Norway81:642,78647,258
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Delft (17) may also be a first name.

Delft Last Name Facts

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

Delft is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Delft.

How Common Is The Last Name Delft? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 555,669th most numerous last name on earth, held by around 1 in 12,718,230 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Delft live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 88 percent live in Germanic Europe. Delft is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 17 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 411 people, or 1 in 41,088. In The Netherlands Delft is primarily found in: South Holland, where 53 percent live, North Brabant, where 25 percent live and North Holland, where 9 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 17 percent live and Iran, where 3 percent live.

Delft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Delft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Delft surname fell 69 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Delft Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Delft earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31% more than the national average, earning 453,359 kr per year; in United States they earn 46.89% less than the national average, earning $22,917 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.18% less than the national average, earning $44,128 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhelft91108/
Delfft9120/
Dellft910/
Delf895,306/
D'Helft83216/
Delfs803,417/
Delfe8028/
Dhelf8026/
Delff8026/
Dielf801/
Dellf801/
Delfz801/
D'Helftt771/
Dlf757/
Delffs73111/
D'Helf7315/
Deglif731/
Delphf730/
Delfhs730/
Delb67177/
Dylf6711/
Dilf676/
Delw674/
Dhlf671/
Dllf671/
Dlhf671/
Dlfs671/
Dlwt671/
Dlvt671/
Dölf671/
Dlef671/
Delfova671/

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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 Delft
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