Herfter Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Herfter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 66 | 1:1,219,780 | 78,810 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Herfter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herfter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herfter is found most in Germany. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Herfter.
How Common Is The Last Name Herfter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most commonly used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. Herfter is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Herfter live; 87 percent live in Western Europe and 87 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 1,219,780. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 77 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent are found and Berlin, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Germany Herfter is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Herfter
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