Ferfers Surname

561,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 565 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ferfers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ferfers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4741:169,84320,011
Netherlands741:228,20530,213
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Ferfers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ferfers is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferfers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ferfers is the 561,353rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,898,311 people. Ferfers occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Ferfers live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 474 people, or 1 in 169,843. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Hesse, where 3 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent are found. Besides Germany Ferfers exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 13 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferferis9336/
Ferefers931/
Fervers86155/
Verfers8632/
Färfers8629/
Ferfyris80114/
Ferfiris805/
Ververs71856/
Färvers719/
Furfors718/
Frivers711/
Forvers711/
Frefres711/
Fravers710/
Farvers710/
Ververis67772/
Farfaras67201/
Verviers67104/
Ververas6784/
Firfiris6769/
Fyrfiris6728/
Furufors6728/
Froufris6722/
Farferaz671/
Fyrfyris671/
Fraverse670/
Varfors572/
Värfors572/

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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 Ferfers
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