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 surname Harffey is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Harffey? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,666,404th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Harffey are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 515,908. In England Harffey is mostly found in: East Sussex, where 70 percent are found, Kent, where 7 percent are found and Worcestershire, where 6 percent are found. Apart from England it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 8 percent are found and Wales, where 1 percent are found.

Harffey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Harffey has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Harffey last name rose 318 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harffy9220/
Harffer861/
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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