Harfst Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Harfst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Harfst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4761:169,12919,938
United States3021:1,200,19585,425
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
Netherlands141:1,206,22770,951
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Harfst Last Name Facts

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

The surname Harfst is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Harfst? popularity and diffusion

The surname Harfst is the 420,074th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Harfst reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 169,129. In Germany Harfst is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 39 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 32 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 7 percent live. Aside from Germany this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Harfst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Harfst has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Harfst last name expanded 1,373 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Harfst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Harfst surname are 26.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Harfst earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,515 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.56% more than the national average, earning $70,329 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Harfs910/
Herfst83517/
Harbst83331/
Harvst8313/
Harrfs835/
Arfs8078/
Harbs731,007/
Garfs7315/
Harws731/
Arbst730/
Hörbst67136/
Horbst675/
Kharws672/
Arffss671/
Hearbs671/
Härbst671/
Harfch671/
Hervst670/
Harrvs670/

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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 Harfst
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