Ehrenfeld Surname

245,179th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,624 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Ehrenfeld Surname User-submission:

Meaning: field of honor.

Ehrenfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7011:517,06043,253
Israel2491:34,3684,805
Germany2491:323,31532,320
France1691:393,03457,995
Chile1291:136,5624,806
Poland271:1,407,73183,680
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
Ecuador181:883,65813,769
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Ehrenfeld Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Meaning: field of honor.

- ehren01

Ehrenfeld Last Name Facts

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

Ehrenfeld is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ehrenfeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ehrenfeld is the 245,179th most frequently held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,487,405 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Ehrenfeld live; 45 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Ehrenfeld is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 701 people, or 1 in 517,060. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 32 percent live, Maryland, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 15 percent live and Germany, where 15 percent live.

Ehrenfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ehrenfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,710 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ehrenfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Ehrenfeld are 43.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.43% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ehrenfeld earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 15.21% more than the national average, earning $49,711 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.27% more than the national average, earning $57,766 CAD per year.

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Ehrenfeld Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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