Ference Surname

172,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,498 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Ference Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ference Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0181:179,61317,962
Canada4351:84,7039,410
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ference (196) may also be a first name.

Ference Last Name Facts

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

Ference is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ference? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 172,234th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,917,352 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Ference live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America. Ference is also the 648,004th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 196 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 2,018 people, or 1 in 179,613. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 7 percent are found, New Jersey, where 7 percent are found and Ohio, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 21 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

Ference Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ference has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ference last name grew 201,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ference Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ference surname are 13.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.75% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ference earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 2.83% less than the national average, earning $41,928 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $56,199 CAD per year.

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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 Ference
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