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
The surname Hefer is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Héfer. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hefer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 212,518th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,760,344 people. The last name Hefer occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Hefer live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hefer is also the 856,040th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 119 people.
The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,620 people, or 1 in 33,443. In South Africa Hefer is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 53 percent live, Free State, where 14 percent live and Western Cape, where 8 percent live. Aside from South Africa it exists in 27 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Hefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Hefer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 246 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Hefer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Hefer surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.57% 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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