Heftner Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Heftner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heftner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria231:370,23639,193
United States111:32,950,812797,015
England21:27,859,030389,889
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Heftner Last Name Facts

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

Heftner is most common in Austria. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Heftner.

How Common Is The Last Name Heftner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Heftner is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Heftner live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Austria, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 370,236. In Austria it is mostly concentrated in: Lower Austria, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Austria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Heftner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heftner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 27 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heftner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Heftner last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Heftner earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 58.89% less than the national average, earning $17,738 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hefftner9322/
Heafftner880/
Haftner86153/
Hafftner800/
Iftner77112/
Oftner7723/
Ifftner7145/
Eftienne671/
Iftne671/
Gibtner5725/

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Heftner Reference & Research

Hefner FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Hefner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Heftner
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis