Heef Surname
Approximately 300 people bear this surname
Heef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 294 | 1:45,755 | 2,122 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
Heef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Heef is found in Somalia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heef? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 893,754th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 24,291,820 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Heef are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Somalia, where it is held by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Besides Somalia it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.
Heef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Heef has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heef surname contracted 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheef | 89 | 15 | / |
| Kheef | 89 | 5 | / |
| Heefz | 89 | 5 | / |
| Heesf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hehef | 89 | 1 | / |
| Heeft | 89 | 1 | / |
| Heefs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Heefe | 89 | 0 | / |
| Hef | 86 | 176 | / |
| Eef | 86 | 42 | / |
| Cheefe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oheefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cheefs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kheefh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Heeb | 75 | 3,981 | / |
| Heft | 75 | 2,658 | / |
| Chef | 75 | 669 | / |
| Heew | 75 | 334 | / |
| Heff | 75 | 288 | / |
| Heif | 75 | 245 | / |
| Hief | 75 | 143 | / |
| Hetf | 75 | 132 | / |
| Geef | 75 | 105 | / |
| Jeef | 75 | 98 | / |
| Heaf | 75 | 64 | / |
| Heev | 75 | 50 | / |
| Hepf | 75 | 26 | / |
| Khef | 75 | 10 | / |
| Eedf | 75 | 9 | / |
| Hefe | 75 | 4 | / |
| Hesf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hefz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hefs | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hhef | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eefe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hedf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Eezf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Heyf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heuf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eepf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hgef | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hevf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hjef | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ef | 67 | 3,015 | / |
| Aheev | 67 | 2,754 | / |
| Chief | 67 | 2,668 | / |
| Cheff | 67 | 973 | / |
| Heuff | 67 | 376 | / |
| Chefe | 67 | 147 | / |
| Hefft | 67 | 142 | / |
| Cheif | 67 | 139 | / |
| Heift | 67 | 122 | / |
| Heffe | 67 | 97 | / |
| Heaft | 67 | 41 | / |
| Kheew | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hieff | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jheew | 67 | 14 | / |
| Heejb | 67 | 12 | / |
| Heife | 67 | 8 | / |
| Hejft | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kheyf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heiff | 67 | 4 | / |
| Cheew | 67 | 4 | / |
| Heebh | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aheew | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheft | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heejw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jeeff | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heafs | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heapf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cheaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heftø | 67 | 2 | / |
| Heewz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hjeew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kheev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heewt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heesw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heehw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hesft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hjejf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hhefh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hessf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heffs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heifs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heifz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heyfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eesff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Håief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jehef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heijf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aheif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cheuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jeefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eefft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heyff | 67 | 0 | / |
| Heeph | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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- 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 Heef
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