Harffey Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Harffey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Harffey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1081:515,90832,533
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England341:716,92333,560

Harffey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Harffey is found most frequently in England. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Harffey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Harffey? popularity and diffusion

Harffey is the 1,666,404th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Harffey are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Harffey is most common in England, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 515,908. In England it is most numerous in: East Sussex, where 70 percent live, Kent, where 7 percent live and Worcestershire, where 6 percent live. Outside of England Harffey exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 8 percent live and Wales, where 1 percent live.

Harffey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Harffey has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Harffey last name rose 318 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Harfy8338/
Harfe838/
Arffe831/
Arfey831/
Charfe7746/
Garfey776/
Garffe775/
Kharfy773/
Charfy772/
Harffa772/
Arffer771/
Harfer771/
Harfay771/
Herfey771/
Harfea771/
Harfet771/
Kharfe771/
Harfie771/
Aurffe771/
Harfee770/
Arfe73369/
Arfy7354/
Harfesh712,387/
Garffie7111/
Harpfer718/
Kharfeh715/
Aharvey715/
Kharfei714/
Harfaya714/
Harfeez714/
Harphey711/
Charfer711/
Charffi711/
Harfeet711/
Charfie711/
Harfoya711/
Harffip711/
Kharffi711/
Charffa711/
Chorffe711/
Hearfes710/
Harferr710/
Harfest710/
Horffer710/
Harfi672,031/
Arfet67128/
Arfee6790/
Harfa6783/
Garfe6766/
Herfy6756/
Harfiyah6748/
Arffa6748/
Orfey6728/
Arfer6724/
Jarfe6720/
Arfes6718/
Arpfe6717/
Arfie6716/
Arfiy6715/
Arfay6715/
Arfeh6713/
Erfey674/
Arffi673/
Arfeu672/
Kharfiya672/
Arfae672/
Arfei672/
Aurfe671/
Garfy671/
Aerfe671/
Herfe671/
Aarfe671/
Asrfe671/
Charfaiy671/
Horfe671/
Arfez671/
Arfej671/

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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 Harffey
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