Heftye Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Norway

Heftye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heftye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Norway201:257,11427,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Heftye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Heftye occurs more in Mexico more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heftye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Heftye is the 1,943,350th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname Heftye is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Heftye reside; 78 percent reside in North America and 46 percent reside in Hispano-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 2,955,386. In Mexico it is most frequent in: Mexico City, where 33 percent reside, Yucatán, where 17 percent reside and Tabasco, where 12 percent reside. Barring Mexico this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Norway, where 22 percent reside.

Heftye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Heftye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Heftye surname rose 1,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Heftye Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Heftye surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.

The amount Heftye earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 374.04% more than the national average, earning 1,640,560 kr per year and in United States they earn 25.98% more than the national average, earning $54,358 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Heftie8334/
Heftay836/
Eftaye831/
Heftey830/
Hieftje77140/
Heftier772/
Heiftje771/
Heftead771/
Eftee73361/
Eftei7328/
Eftey7315/
Hieftjei711/
Heftai673/
Hebtey671/
Hebtea671/
Hebtay671/
Efftee670/

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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 Heftye
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