Loeffner Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Loeffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Loeffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Loeffner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Loeffner has its highest incidence in Germany. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Loeffner? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most frequently used last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Loeffner reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Loeffner is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Brandenburg, where 67 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent live. Besides Germany Loeffner is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leffner9381/
Loffner937/
Loefner937/
Leiffner880/
Lefner86307/
Lofner8629/
Leffenner821/
Löffner8059/
Liefner8022/
Leifner802/
Laffner801/
Lüffner801/
Leafner800/
Luffner800/
Loefnerová784/
Loheefener781/
Lefenner751/
Lafner7142/
Löfner713/
Lufner710/
Lafnear67130/
Laufner6730/
Lawfner670/
Lafnier670/
Lafnir571/

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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 Loeffner
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