Jefts Surname

1,231,034th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 189 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Jefts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jefts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1891:1,917,772124,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:418,48930,805

Jefts Last Name Facts

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

Jefts is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jefts? popularity and diffusion

The surname Jefts is the 1,231,034th most prevalent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. Jefts occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Jefts are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 1,917,772. In The United States Jefts is most common in: Massachusetts, where 16 percent live, New York, where 13 percent live and Florida, where 12 percent live.

Jefts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Jefts has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Jefts surname rose 158 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Jefts Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Jefts surname are 9.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.1% being registered to vote for the political party.

Jefts earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.69% less than the national average, earning $42,420 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeffts911/
Jeft8917/
Efts890/
Sefts806/
Jeuft802/
Cefts801/
Hefts801/
Jifts800/
Jefft800/
Eft75202/
Seifts73137/
Seufts735/
Hedfts731/
Jift67163/
Geft67128/
Jeifetz6797/
Heifets6788/
Zeft6733/
Seft678/
Jewt678/
Heyfets675/
Ceft674/
Shjefte673/
Ieft672/
Yeft672/
Cjft671/
Jevt671/
Ewts671/
Eftz671/
Eftt671/
Efht671/
Efft670/

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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 Jefts
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