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 last name Hiefer is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hiefer? popularity and diffusion
Hiefer is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Hiefer reside; 79 percent reside in Western Europe and 79 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany Hiefer is primarily concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 67 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent live and Saxony, where 13 percent live. Barring Germany it 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 frequency of Hiefer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Hiefer surname contracted 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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