Hefinger Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Hefinger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hefinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria221:387,06540,442
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Hefinger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Hefinger occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hefinger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Hefinger reside; 65 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Hefinger is most commonly occurring in Austria, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 387,065. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Vienna, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Austria Hefinger occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Hungary, where 22 percent live and Croatia, where 8 percent live.

Hefinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hefinger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Hefinger last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Hefinger
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