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 most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Delft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Delft is the 555,669th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. Delft is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Delft are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Delft is also the 2,694,839th most numerous first name throughout the world, borne by 17 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 411 people, or 1 in 41,088. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 53 percent live, North Brabant, where 25 percent live and North Holland, where 9 percent live. Other than The Netherlands it 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 frequency of Delft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Delft last name 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
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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 Delft
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