Joffers Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Joffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Joffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Joffers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Joffers is most common in The Netherlands. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Joffers? popularity and diffusion

The surname Joffers is the 3,228,735th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Joffers reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands Joffers is most frequent in: South Holland, where 59 percent live, Drenthe, where 28 percent live and Groningen, where 13 percent live. Besides The Netherlands this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jouffers931/
Soffers86349/
Coffers8685/
Jaffers8664/
Hoffers8636/
Geoffers802/
Zofferst800/
Jofors772/
Cofers771/
Sofers771/
Hofers771/
Zofers770/
Saffers7145/
Zaffers7110/
Soifers712/
Hoofers712/
Scofers711/
Chofers710/
Jaffars710/
Hofeirs710/
Chaffers67161/
Saffiers6715/
Scaffers675/
Heaffers671/
Jafars62110/
Safers62102/
Hafers6278/
Zafers621/
Chafers576/
Safeers571/
Sophers570/
Soyphers531/
Ja'afars531/
Saffairs530/

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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 Joffers
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