Glafer Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Glafer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Glafer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Glafer (6) may also be a first name.

Glafer Last Name Facts

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

Glafer is most common in The United States. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Glafer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Glafer live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Glafer is also the 4,967,096th most common first name world-wide, borne by 6 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 100 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent live and Lebanon, where 25 percent live.

Glafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Glafer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Glaffer922/
Gladfer921/
Glafe910/
Glauffer862/
Glafey8313/
Glaufe831/
Glefer831/
Glaffe831/
Glassferd800/
Gleffer777/
Glaffey775/
Glasfir771/
Gloffer771/
Gleifer771/
Glafa739/
Glafi734/
Gleifert7111/
Glaipher710/
Glassfey710/
Glopferd710/
Gillhofer67183/
Glafirova676/
Glofre671/
Glaufi671/
Gillapher670/
Gillhoefer630/
Gloffre622/
Glasfit622/
Gloffee621/
Nglaphe621/
Glaffis620/
Ghellafi57426/
Guellafi571/
Glasfoid571/
Glofa551/
Gloffa501/
Gleufy501/
Gloufa501/
Gleify501/

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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 Glafer
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