Heffty Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Heffty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heffty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Heffty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heffty is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Heffty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most common family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 60 percent of Heffty live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 8,443,588. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: North Holland, where 50 percent live and Utrecht, where 50 percent live. Barring The Netherlands Heffty occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and France, where 20 percent live.

Heffty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Heffty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Heffty surname declined 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hefty911,553/
Haffty8371/
Heffta8314/
Heftøy8313/
Heftay836/
Heafty831/
Hoffty831/
Heftey830/
Hoefty830/
Heffte830/
Heufty830/
Efty802,093/
Heffter77178/
Jefftey772/
Hefti733,813/
Hefte73244/
Hefta73237/
Eftey7315/
Eifty7310/
Gefty734/
Efthy731/
Effta731/
Eafty731/
Hewty731/
Hofty730/
Hifty730/
Haffthey710/
Haftay673,381/
Hefter672,520/
Hewtty67108/
Heftie6734/
Effter6710/
Hoftey678/
Hefteh675/
Heftai673/
Khefti671/
Chifty671/
Hebtay671/
Hebtey671/
Haftey671/
Chefta671/
Eiffte670/
Efftee670/
Heifte670/
Hefftoich670/

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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 Heffty
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