Jeffery Surname

12,634th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Jeffery Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Geoffrey,' which see. The various forms cited and the numbers of their representatives furnish some sort of idea of the enormous popularity of this now old-fashioned font-name in the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Jeffery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England12,7861:4,358591
United States12,0441:30,0953,740
Australia7,0251:3,843550
Canada3,7201:9,9051,480
Papua New Guinea3,2461:2,512102
Malaysia1,2671:23,2792,121
New Zealand7571:5,982999
South Africa7071:76,6309,517
Wales3821:8,101899
Liberia3721:11,8511,285
Scotland2301:23,2772,610
Nigeria2171:816,32636,276
Vanuatu1971:1,336359
Brazil1461:1,466,26349,230
Jamaica1271:22,5981,886
France1211:548,94874,759
Ireland1141:41,3063,205
Solomon Islands541:10,7411,884
Guernsey511:1,264261
Brunei491:8,5461,114
Northern Ireland481:38,4383,628
India471:16,320,540259,912
Germany431:1,872,220105,027
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Zimbabwe381:406,26936,425
Trinidad and Tobago351:38,9713,714
Mexico341:3,650,77125,133
Guyana321:23,8192,802
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Spain301:1,558,40147,033
Namibia251:96,3768,697
Jersey241:4,133843
Antigua and Barbuda231:4,312570
Netherlands231:734,22557,169
China221:62,150,9803,380
Belize201:17,7741,683
Grenada191:5,712632
Malta181:23,9041,289
Chile171:1,036,26320,476
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Belgium131:884,35769,774
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Ghana101:2,702,06911,564
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Saint Lucia101:17,8781,399
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Greece71:1,582,82788,377
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Saint Kitts and Nevis61:9,200695
Zambia61:2,641,65434,188
British Virgin Islands51:6,319600
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines41:28,1651,050
Taiwan41:5,861,18633,577
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Egypt31:30,645,251132,600
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland821:54,0234,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,3121:3,862545
Scotland1361:27,5242,441
Wales371:42,3902,234
Jersey51:10,3761,795
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2051:41,6754,877

Jeffery (217,830) may also be a first name.

Jeffery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Geoffrey,' which see. The various forms cited and the numbers of their representatives furnish some sort of idea of the enormous popularity of this now old-fashioned font-name in the 13th and 14th centuries. To give more than one or two modern references would be superfluous.

Rogerus Jeffray, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1613-4. Married — Thomas Cook and Alice Gowen, alias Jefferey: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1635. Buried — Captayne William Jefferyes: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1636. — John, s. William Jefferie: ibid.

— — Roberte Jefferies: ibid.

1664. — Richard Jeoffries: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The French Geoffray, Geoffroy (O.French Geoffroi), Gefrei, &c. (Anglo-French Geoffrey), palatalized as­similated forms of Godefroy, Godafrey, &c.: v. Godfrey.

In the ‘Chanson de Roland’ we find the variant forms Gefrei, Gefreid, Geifreit, e.g.— Gefrei d’Anjou et Jozeran le conte. (l.3535).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Descendant of Geoffrey or Jeffrey (God's peace).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The Teutonic personal name Godfridus, whence also Godfrey. In Domesday the ordinary form is Goisfridus. From it we get the modifications and derivatives, Jefferson, Jeaffreson, Jeffries, Jefferies, Jefferiss, Jeff, Jeffs, Jephson, Jepson, Jeffeock, Jefkins, with minor variations of spelling too numerous for insertion.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the French, Geoffroy; from the Old Norse, Guðriðr; in the Domesday Book, Godefrid; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Jeffery,Jefferies,Jeffreys. —These are essentially south of England names, Wilts being their principal home. It is remarkable that Jeffery is most numerous in the four south - west counties; whilst Jefferies and Jeffreys are most prevalent in the other parts of the area of distribution. The place of these names in the north of England is taken by Jefferson. Jeffs is a Cheshire variety.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Jeffery Last Name Facts

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

The last name Jeffery (Arabic: جيفرى) is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jeffery? popularity and diffusion

It is the 12,634th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 164,016 people. The surname Jeffery occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 37 percent of Jeffery live; 36 percent live in North America and 35 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 4,801st most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 217,830 people.

The last name is most common in England, where it is borne by 12,786 people, or 1 in 4,358. In England Jeffery is primarily concentrated in: Greater London, where 11 percent reside, Kent, where 9 percent reside and Devon, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England this last name exists in 109 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.

Jeffery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jeffery has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Jeffery last name increased 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,032 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 169 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 139 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Jeffery Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (68%) in Ireland.

In The United States Jeffery are 7.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.1% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Jeffery earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 152.1% more than the national average, earning R 599,076 per year; in United States they earn 3.84% less than the national average, earning $41,494 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.03% more than the national average, earning $51,188 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Jeffery Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Jeffery in the Arabic language
جيفرىjyfry-

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