Hefferson Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Hefferson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hefferson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England51:11,143,612252,590
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Hefferson (37) may also be a first name.

Hefferson Last Name Facts

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

Hefferson is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hefferson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Hefferson is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Hefferson live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,688,769th most common first name internationally It is held by 37 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 36,245,893. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 30 percent are found, New York, where 20 percent are found and Connecticut, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 31 percent are found and Scotland, where 6 percent are found.

Hefferson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Hefferson has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 23 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Hefferson Last Name Statistics demography

Hefferson earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.77% more than the national average, earning $44,344 USD 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
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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 Hefferson
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