Engfer Surname

385,337th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 922 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Engfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Engfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5041:159,73319,010
United States3781:958,88671,403
Brazil181:11,893,018236,958
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Engfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Engfer has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Engfer.

How Common Is The Last Name Engfer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Engfer is the 385,337th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 7,904,063 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Engfer live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 55 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Engfer is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 159,733. In Germany it is primarily found in: Berlin, where 25 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 41 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

Engfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Engfer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Engfer surname grew 840 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Engfer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Engfer last name are 7.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Engfer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.22% less than the national average, earning 210,356 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.61% less than the national average, earning $42,021 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17% more than the national average, earning $58,130 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Engfehr9222/
Engferh921/
Engferd920/
Ingfer832/
Hengfei771/
Engfui6719/
Hengfa673/
Yongfei6210/
Jingfei629/
Yingfei628/
Gengfai621/
Hingfire571/
Jingfa509/
Yingfa503/

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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 Engfer
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