Elfering Surname

303,021st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Elfering Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elfering Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5681:638,13251,357
Germany5031:160,05119,043
Netherlands1761:95,95015,676
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Elfering Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elfering is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Elfering.

How Common Is The Last Name Elfering? popularity and diffusion

Elfering is the 303,021st most common surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 5,820,724 people. The last name Elfering occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Elfering live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 568 people, or 1 in 638,132. In The United States Elfering is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 45 percent reside, Illinois, where 12 percent reside and Wisconsin, where 9 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 40 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 14 percent reside.

Elfering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Elfering has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 56,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elfering Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Elfering last name are 6.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.86% being registered to vote for the party.

Elfering earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,859 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elffering948/
Helfering941/
Elferink881,561/
Alfering8810/
Elferinq881/
Elferen8017/
Alferink751,692/
Elfajrin751/
Heilfern751/
Hilferink71419/
Helfajrin7113/
Ilfirin673/
Ilfrene53954/
Ylfrene5312/

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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 Elfering
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