Liffers Surname

679,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 438 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Liffers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Liffers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3551:226,77625,315
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
England41:13,929,515290,718
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Liffers Last Name Facts

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

Liffers has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Liffers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 679,794th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,638,233 people. The surname Liffers is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Liffers reside; 82 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Liffers is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 355 people, or 1 in 226,776. In Germany Liffers is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Bavaria, where 3 percent live and Berlin, where 3 percent live. Besides Germany Liffers occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Liffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Liffers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Liffers surname grew 469 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Liffers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Liffers surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

Liffers earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29.65% more than the national average, earning $55,943 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lieffers93272/
Leiffers934/
Lifferst931/
Lifers920/
Leffers861,568/
Liefers86524/
Leifers8618/
Leeffers80101/
Lefferst801/
Lefers77370/
Lifors779/
Lifirs771/
Lufers770/
Leefers71261/
Leafers7140/
Livfors7115/
Leifors713/
Leffirs710/
Lefors62235/
Lyfors629/
Lufors621/
Ålefors572/
Leferce570/
Leaphers533/
Åhlefors532/
Ållefors531/
Leeferce530/

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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 Liffers
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