Loef Surname
Approximately 1,226 people bear this surname
Loef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 787 | 1:21,458 | 3,405 |
| Germany | 128 | 1:628,949 | 49,754 |
| United States | 121 | 1:2,995,528 | 175,060 |
| Belgium | 84 | 1:136,865 | 19,611 |
| Brazil | 58 | 1:3,690,937 | 102,732 |
| New Zealand | 13 | 1:348,333 | 27,379 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Loef Demographics
Average Loef Salary in
United States
$60,317 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Loef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Loef has its highest incidence in The Netherlands. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Loef? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 307,971st most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 5,944,165 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Loef are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Loef is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 787 people, or 1 in 21,458. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, Gelderland, where 23 percent are found and Utrecht, where 15 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands Loef exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Loef Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Loef has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 4,033 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Loef Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Loef surname are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.33% registered with the party.
The amount Loef earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 39.79% more than the national average, earning $60,317 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.38% more than the national average, earning $53,846 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loeff | 89 | 723 | / |
| Loefs | 89 | 24 | / |
| Loevf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Loeft | 89 | 0 | / |
| Loepfe | 80 | 370 | / |
| Loweff | 80 | 5 | / |
| Lojeff | 80 | 2 | / |
| Laouef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Lohuef | 80 | 1 | / |
| Leaf | 75 | 6,194 | / |
| Loew | 75 | 4,942 | / |
| Loof | 75 | 2,615 | / |
| Leef | 75 | 945 | / |
| Louf | 75 | 902 | / |
| Leif | 75 | 901 | / |
| Lief | 75 | 820 | / |
| Luef | 75 | 815 | / |
| Loev | 75 | 508 | / |
| Leuf | 75 | 107 | / |
| Leyf | 75 | 64 | / |
| Loif | 75 | 18 | / |
| Loyf | 75 | 10 | / |
| Laef | 75 | 8 | / |
| Lowf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lyef | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lejf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Leafe | 67 | 778 | / |
| Lieff | 67 | 232 | / |
| Loutf | 67 | 180 | / |
| Looff | 67 | 142 | / |
| Loofe | 67 | 116 | / |
| Leife | 67 | 59 | / |
| Leaff | 67 | 48 | / |
| Leipf | 67 | 43 | / |
| Lioew | 67 | 32 | / |
| Loufs | 67 | 19 | / |
| Lehaf | 67 | 15 | / |
| Loyev | 67 | 15 | / |
| Leiff | 67 | 13 | / |
| Loudf | 67 | 12 | / |
| Lueff | 67 | 12 | / |
| Leifs | 67 | 9 | / |
| Louff | 67 | 9 | / |
| Laief | 67 | 7 | / |
| Leift | 67 | 6 | / |
| Layef | 67 | 5 | / |
| Loufe | 67 | 5 | / |
| Lawef | 67 | 3 | / |
| Louev | 67 | 3 | / |
| Louif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lowew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hloof | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lohew | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hleif | 67 | 2 | / |
| Lahef | 67 | 2 | / |
| Leuff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louhf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loife | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lioeb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hlouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leitf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luief | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loiev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Louft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Leafs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laaef | 67 | 1 | / |
| Luiof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loowf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Laefe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loeph | 67 | 0 | / |
| Loevz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Leyfe | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Loef
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