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
Heef is borne by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heef? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 893,754th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 24,291,820 people. The surname Heef occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Heef live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
The last name Heef is most frequently occurring in Somalia, where it is carried by 294 people, or 1 in 45,755. Not including Somalia Heef occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.
Heef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Heef has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heef last name declined 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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