Elfner Surname

457,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 740 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Elfner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elfner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4861:165,64919,614
United States1771:2,047,791130,814
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
England21:27,859,030389,889
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Elfner Last Name Facts

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

Elfner is found most in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elfner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 457,199th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,848,035 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Elfner live; 67 percent live in Western Europe and 67 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 165,649. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 93 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 4 percent live and Bavaria, where 1 percent live. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Elfner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Elfner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Elfner last name expanded 738 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Elfner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Elfner surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 78.57% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Elfner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.22% more than the national average, earning $47,992 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.07% less than the national average, earning $49,648 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Helfner9249/
Elffner9221/
Gelfner922/
Elfnesh7723,021/
Elfenne77244/
Halfner771/
Elphner770/
Eilfnesh714/
Holffner711/
Holpfner711/
Elhfny6710/
Elhfni671/
Elfenni6211/
Ilfnesh629/
Ilphner620/
Helfnich571/
Elphnesh571/

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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 Elfner
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