Halefeld Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Halefeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Halefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

Halefeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Halefeld is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Halefeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Halefeld live; 89 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Halefeld is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 75 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Denmark, where 11 percent are found.

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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 Halefeld
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