Diefendorff Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Diefendorff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Diefendorff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:11,692,224454,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Diefendorff Last Name Facts

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

Diefendorff is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Diefendorff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,543,123rd most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Diefendorff live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 11,692,224. In The United States Diefendorff is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 71 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent live.

Diefendorff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Diefendorff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 517 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Diefendorff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Diefendorff surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

Diefendorff earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.44% less than the national average, earning $42,096 USD per year.

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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 Diefendorff
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