Hiefer Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Hiefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Hiefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hiefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hiefer is found most in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiefer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 79 percent of Hiefer reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Hiefer is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is most common in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 67 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent live and Saxony, where 13 percent live. Other than Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent live and Thailand, where 5 percent live.
Hiefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Hiefer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Hiefer last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Hiefer
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