Halft Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Halft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Halft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1801:447,25339,773
Israel151:570,50941,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Halft Last Name Facts

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

Halft occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Halft? popularity and diffusion

Halft is the 1,198,640th most frequently held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Halft are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 447,253. In Germany Halft is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 73 percent reside, Schleswig-Holstein, where 12 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 8 percent reside and Finland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Halfte911/
Half89404/
Alft89231/
Khalf807,280/
Halff80286/
Helft80266/
Chalf80142/
Halfe8078/
Hjalf8010/
Holft805/
Alfte803/
Alfth802/
Hallf801/
Alftp801/
Jalft801/
Halwf801/
Ahlft800/
Alf751,587/
Khalfe731,289/
Chalfe7316/
Khallf7310/
Khalff734/
Helfft734/
Halfss733/
Chailf731/
Hellft731/
Khalfh731/
Hailef731/
Allfte731/
Atleft731/
Ahlf671,811/
Alff671,621/
Aslf67841/
Alfe67564/
Alfs67557/
Halb67354/
D'Helft67216/
Hachelf6754/
Ohlf6743/
Jalf6743/
Holf6739/
Halw6726/
Aulf6721/
Allf6715/
Alfz6710/
Galf676/
Olft675/
Alhf674/
Alfì674/
Halv673/
Alfh672/
Elft672/
Alwt671/
Aalf671/
Ailf671/
Aylf671/

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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 Halft
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