Herloff Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Herloff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Herloff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Herloff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Herloff occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Herloff.
How Common Is The Last Name Herloff? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Herloff are found; 52 percent are found in Western Europe and 52 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Herloff is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 7,318,678. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 82 percent reside, Bavaria, where 9 percent reside and Berlin, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 19 percent reside and Denmark, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrloff | 93 | 20 | / |
| Herlof | 92 | 1 | / |
| Erloff | 92 | 0 | / |
| Gerloff | 86 | 3,975 | / |
| Harloff | 86 | 1,610 | / |
| Erlhoff | 86 | 105 | / |
| Ohrloff | 86 | 21 | / |
| Horloff | 86 | 1 | / |
| Erlof | 83 | 2 | / |
| Gehrloff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Geerloff | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kherlouf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Earlhoff | 80 | 0 | / |
| Orloff | 77 | 3,179 | / |
| Gerlof | 77 | 229 | / |
| Arloff | 77 | 72 | / |
| Erlhof | 77 | 64 | / |
| Herlow | 77 | 18 | / |
| Herlov | 77 | 18 | / |
| Harlof | 77 | 6 | / |
| Herlob | 77 | 1 | / |
| Geerlof | 71 | 283 | / |
| Cherlov | 71 | 33 | / |
| Cherlow | 71 | 19 | / |
| Yorloff | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gerlhof | 71 | 15 | / |
| Gerloif | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orlooff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hjerlow | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orhloff | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harlaff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Hearlow | 71 | 0 | / |
| Orlloff | 71 | 0 | / |
| Orlof | 67 | 517 | / |
| Erlaf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Erlov | 67 | 17 | / |
| Cherlova | 67 | 16 | / |
| Arlof | 67 | 14 | / |
| Gairloff | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kherlova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jrlof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erlow | 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
- 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 Herloff
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