Jefers Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Jefers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jefers is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jefers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Jefers occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Jefers reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Jefers is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 45 percent live and Croatia, where 5 percent live.

Jefers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Jefers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Jefers surname expanded 143 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeffers9228,625/
Jefgers923/
Jeefers922/
Jesfers921/
Jefiers920/
Jefeers920/
Efers9112/
Jeffiers8665/
Jeffears8636/
Jefferss867/
Jeffeirs864/
Jefferse862/
Jeffeurs861/
Jefffers861/
Jesffers860/
Jeffaers860/
Sefers83193/
Gefers8378/
Effers8357/
Hefers8327/
Jefars832/
Zefers832/
Efeirs831/
Jyfers831/
Jefors830/
Geffers77847/
Siefers77324/
Seifers77171/
Giefers77144/
Seffers77132/
Jeffirs7798/
Heffers7774/
Effersø7710/
Jeffors773/
Ieffers771/
Scefers771/
Jephers771/
Cijfers771/
Heifers771/
Zeifers770/
Hiefers770/
Seefers770/
Effersh770/
Geifers770/
Seafers770/
Jeffars770/
Jiffers770/
Schjeffers751/
Efirs732/
Cheffers71221/
Gieffers7178/
Sieffers7166/
Sceifers7142/
Seiffers7136/
Cijffers7136/
Sceffers7117/
Heaffers711/
Seyffers711/
Jefferce710/
Sifers67591/
Cifers67213/
Säfers6723/
Zyfers6719/
Seijffers679/
Dzheffers671/
Zifers671/

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Jefers Reference & Research

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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 Jefers
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis