Herfs Surname

640,141st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 475 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Herfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Herfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3031:265,69528,336
Netherlands1141:148,13322,302
Belgium511:225,42428,627
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Herfs Last Name Facts

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

Herfs occurs most in Germany. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Herfs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Herfs is the 640,141st most frequently used last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Herfs reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is held by 303 people, or 1 in 265,695. In Germany Herfs is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent reside and Bavaria, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Germany Herfs is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 24 percent reside and Belgium, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Herfst91517/
Herffs9124/
Herf89404/
Erfs891/
Herft801,402/
Hierf80734/
Cherf80638/
Herff80486/
Herbs8063/
Kherf8021/
Eurfs801/
Herfe801/
Herfh801/
Gerfs801/
Hervs801/
Erwfs801/
Harfs800/
Erf75173/
Herphs7312/
Cheirf738/
Harrfs735/
Cherfe733/
Cheurf733/
Hearbs731/
Esrfse731/
Cherff731/
Kherfe731/
Jerffs731/
Herbsh730/
Hervst730/
Hervse730/
Herb679,270/
Erbs672,812/
Erfe672,544/
Herv67582/
Erff67123/
Arfs6778/
Cheiref6755/
Erpf6745/
Jerf6721/
Gerf6712/
Eirf675/
Errf672/
Ervs672/
Yhrf671/
Herbsch671/
Chervse671/
Esrf671/
Cheeref671/
Jhrf671/
Eerf671/
Erhf671/
Erfh671/
Erft671/
Erfx671/
Ihrf671/
Hyrf671/

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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 Herfs
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