Elferich Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Elferich Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elferich Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1401:575,03946,885
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Elferich Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elferich is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Elferich click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elferich? popularity and diffusion

The surname Elferich is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Elferich are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 64 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 25 percent reside and Berlin, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Elferich
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