Heifman Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Heifman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Heifman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine451:1,011,61593,730
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Heifman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Heifman is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Heifman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Heifman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Heifman is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Heifman live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,011,615. In Ukraine it is most numerous in: Kiev, where 69 percent are found, Zhytomyr Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Kharkiv Oblast, where 7 percent are found. Barring Ukraine Heifman is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Heifman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Heifman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Heifman surname fell 89 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 Heifman
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