Ferfer Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ferfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ferfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Algeria161:2,414,47244,357
France101:6,642,272293,169
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Ferfer (19) may also be a first name.

Ferfer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ferfer is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferfer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,604,449th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Ferfer reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Ferfer is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name on earth, held by 19 people.

Ferfer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 1,045,525. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent reside and Berlin, where 1 percent reside. Besides Germany this surname exists in 16 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.

Ferfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ferfer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ferfer surname fell 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferfert9224/
Pferfer925/
Ferfere921/
Feirfer921/
Foerfer920/
Ferfe914/
Pferffer869/
Pfierfer863/
Pferfier861/
Pfeirfer861/
Ferfet83201/
Forfer8355/
Firfer8351/
Verfer8331/
Ferfes8317/
Farfer836/
Ferfea831/
Ferferova8072/
Ferfess77136/
Verfier771/
Pferfes771/
Pherfer770/
Pforfer770/
Verfe7341/
Ferfa736/
Pffirfer710/
Fırfır67144/
Firfir6743/
Frefre678/
Forfir674/
Firfea671/

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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 Ferfer
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