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 surname Herffs occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Herffs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Herffs? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,034,050th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Herffs is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Herffs are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent are found, Hamburg, where 32 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 5 percent are found. Barring Germany Herffs occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found and Switzerland, where 4 percent are found.
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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