Herffs Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Herffs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Herffs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herffs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herffs is most common in Germany. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herffs? popularity and diffusion
Herffs is the 4,034,050th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Herffs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Herffs live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Herffs is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent reside, Hamburg, where 32 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Germany Herffs is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside and Switzerland, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herff | 91 | 486 | / |
| Herfs | 91 | 475 | / |
| Herfst | 83 | 517 | / |
| Jerffs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Cherff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Herf | 80 | 404 | / |
| Erff | 80 | 123 | / |
| Erfs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Herft | 73 | 1,402 | / |
| Hierf | 73 | 734 | / |
| Cherf | 73 | 638 | / |
| Herbs | 73 | 63 | / |
| Kherf | 73 | 21 | / |
| Erfft | 73 | 17 | / |
| Gerff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Erpff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Erwfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Erfff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hervs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gerfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herfh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eurfs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Harfs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Jerffsch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erf | 67 | 173 | / |
| Herphs | 67 | 12 | / |
| Cheirf | 67 | 8 | / |
| Harrfs | 67 | 5 | / |
| Cherfe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cheurf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kherfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arffss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esrfse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hearbs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hervse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hervst | 67 | 0 | / |
| Herbsh | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Herffs
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