Jeffries Surname

12,976th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Jeffries 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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Jeffries Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States30,2001:12,0021,491
England6,1391:9,0761,320
Australia2,8921:9,3351,398
Canada1,1161:33,0164,268
South Africa7991:67,8078,496
New Zealand7101:6,3781,067
Wales5511:5,616625
Scotland1791:29,9103,109
Honduras1281:68,8781,444
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Zimbabwe511:302,71130,394
France391:1,703,147154,208
Gibraltar381:894185
Singapore301:183,5907,666
Belize271:13,1661,489
Ireland261:181,1137,791
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
India241:31,961,058386,265
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
Northern Ireland201:92,2525,957
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Panama141:279,4476,847
Norway101:514,22941,629
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
Trinidad and Tobago81:170,4978,814
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Turks and Caicos Islands11:34,329862
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3,4931:6,9781,080
Wales2371:6,618433
Scotland231:162,7496,621
Guernsey61:5,443949
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,0091:10,0261,288

The alternate forms: Jeffríes (1) are calculated separately.

Jeffries (301) may also be a first name.

Jeffries 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

Jeffrey’s, &c. (Son). Jeffery, &c. v. Jeffrey

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

See Godfray.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(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

(English), Geoffrey's, or of Geoffrey or Godfrey; i.e., In God secure.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

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

Jeffries Last Name Facts

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

The surname Jeffries is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Jeffríes. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jeffries? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jeffries is the 12,976th most numerous last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 168,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Jeffries are found; 72 percent are found in North America and 72 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 507,810th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 301 people.

The last name Jeffries is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 30,200 people, or 1 in 12,002. In The United States Jeffries is mostly concentrated in: Missouri, where 8 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 68 countries. It also occurs in England, where 14 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Jeffries Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jeffries has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Jeffries surname rose 603 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 778 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 236 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Jeffries Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Jeffries surname is predominantly Anglican (64%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Jeffries last name are 12.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.16% registered with the party.

The amount Jeffries earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 42.03% less than the national average, earning 200,623 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 0.69% less than the national average, earning R 236,004 per year; in United States they earn 5.22% less than the national average, earning $40,895 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $50,847 CAD per year.

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Jeffries Reference & Research

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