Fiff Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Fiff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fiff is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fiff? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Fiff live; 80 percent live in Southern Africa and 80 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Fiff is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 58 percent live and Free State, where 42 percent live. Other than South Africa it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Fiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fiff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fiff surname decreased 70 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fiff Last Name Statistics demography

Fiff earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.53% less than the national average, earning R 162,720 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fiffe89334/
Feiff8958/
Fieff893/
Fiffp891/
Pfiff890/
Fhiff890/
Fifft890/
Fiffs890/
Fif8612/
Pfeiff80892/
Pfieff804/
Ffiffe801/
Pfiffe801/
Faiffe801/
Fife7512,094/
Fief75444/
Faif7526/
Feif7514/
Feff7514/
Hfif756/
Fifh754/
Fjff753/
Fiof753/
Fipf752/
Fift752/
Fitf751/
Fifp751/
Wfif751/
Vfif751/
Fifs751/
Fyff751/
Foif750/
Pfeiffe734/
Faife6722,189/
Fyffe675,740/
Pfeif67458/
Feffe6716/
Feifs6714/
Pfeff6714/
Pfaif677/
Pfief674/
Feift674/
Fewff672/
Fittf672/
Fifch671/
Fyhff671/
Phiff671/
Feife671/
Ffijf671/
Fiepf671/
Fitft671/
Vieff671/
Fefft670/
Foife670/
Pfife670/
Fishf670/

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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 Fiff
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis