Heff Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Heff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2581:1,404,88096,935
France51:13,284,544357,392
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States611:823,25750,999

Heff (55) may also be a first name.

Heff Last Name Facts

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

Heff is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Heff? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 919,444th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. The last name Heff is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Heff live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. Heff is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 55 people.

Heff is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 1,404,880. In The United States Heff is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Heff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Heff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heff surname rose 423 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Heff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Heff last name are 16.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered with the party.

Heff earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.47% less than the national average, earning $31,727 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cheff89973/
Heuff89376/
Hefft89142/
Heffe8997/
Hieff8917/
Heiff894/
Heffs891/
Heyff890/
Eff86860/
Hef86176/
Chieff8044/
Cheffe8032/
Jheyff801/
Jheiff801/
Cheaff800/
Jeff758,379/
Heft752,658/
Chef75669/
Effe75584/
Heef75300/
Eiff75271/
Heif75245/
Hiff75234/
Effs75183/
Hief75143/
Hetf75132/
Heaf7564/
Hepf7526/
Geff7512/
Khef7510/
Eyff755/
Edff754/
Hefe754/
Efpf754/
Hesf753/
Hefz753/
Euff752/
Eaff752/
Hefs752/
Jhff752/
Hedf752/
Hhef752/
Epff752/
Heyf751/
Esff751/
Heuf751/
Ieff751/
Ewff751/
Hgef751/
Hevf751/
Hjef751/
Hjff751/
Efft750/
Cheiffe731/
Cheuffh731/
Ef673,015/
Chief672,668/
Eiffe67331/
Chefe67147/
Cheif67139/
Heift67122/
Hiffe6744/
Heaft6741/
Chiff6728/
Cheef6715/
Heife678/
Häffs678/
Heefz675/
Hejft675/
Kheef675/
Kheyf674/
Heafs672/
Heapf672/
Cheaf672/
Haiff672/
Jeeff672/
Cheft672/
Heftø672/
Hessf671/
Heefs671/
Heeft671/
Heifs671/
Heifz671/
Heyfe671/
Eihff671/
Effth671/
Eyffe671/
Efffe671/
Håief671/
Huiff671/
Jehef671/
Hehef671/
Heesf671/
Heijf671/
Kheif671/
Aheif671/
Ahief671/
Cheuf671/
Effhe671/
Edffh671/
Eesff671/
Hhefh671/
Hesft671/
Hjejf671/
Heefe670/
Eefft670/
Eaffe670/

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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 Heff
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