Hefer Surname
Approximately 1,938 people bear this surname
Hefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,620 | 1:33,443 | 4,272 |
| Germany | 109 | 1:738,582 | 55,640 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| New Zealand | 42 | 1:107,817 | 14,061 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Croatia | 12 | 1:352,384 | 32,084 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Héfer (5) are calculated separately.
Hefer (119) may also be a first name.
Hefer Demographics
Average Hefer Salary in
United States
$51,608 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Hefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hefer is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Héfer. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hefer? popularity and diffusion
Hefer is the 212,518th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,760,344 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Hefer reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 856,040th most common given name at a global level, held by 119 people.
Hefer is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,620 people, or 1 in 33,443. In South Africa Hefer is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 53 percent are found, Free State, where 14 percent are found and Western Cape, where 8 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 27 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Hefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hefer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hefer surname increased 246 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hefer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hefer last name are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.57% being registered with the political party.
The amount Hefer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 83.57% more than the national average, earning R 436,236 per year; in United States they earn 19.6% more than the national average, earning $51,608 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.05% less than the national average, earning $37,735 CAD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Hefer
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