Effern Surname

1,140,742nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 211 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Effern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Effern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1421:566,94046,426
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Effern Last Name Facts

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

Effern has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Effern? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,140,742nd most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Effern are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Effern is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 566,940. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Effern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Effern has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Effern surname contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Effern
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