Moffen Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Ireland

Moffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France151:4,428,181244,602
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Moffen Last Name Facts

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

Moffen is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Moffen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most numerous last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Moffen reside; 58 percent reside in Western Europe and 58 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 4,428,181. In France Moffen is most common in: Île-de-France, where 93 percent are found and Guadeloupe, where 7 percent are found. Besides France this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Ireland, where 8 percent are found.

Moffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Moffen has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Moffen last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mofen91328/
Meffen83303/
Mojfen8314/
Mofeng8310/
Moffin835/
Maffen832/
Moufen832/
Mohfen831/
Moffnt831/
Moyfen831/
Mofeun831/
Mofn803/
Mmofeng774/
Mosfeng771/
Moufeng771/
Mofin7331/
Mafen7321/
Mefen736/
Mofem732/
Mofne731/
Mofina67397/
Maffin67289/
Mafeng67104/
Meffin6748/
Masfen6729/
Mophen6710/
Madfen679/
Mohven679/
Mhafen677/
Mafeun673/
Mafeen673/
Mofing672/
Mohfin671/
Modfin671/
Maafen671/
Mahfen671/
Meefen671/
Moufem671/
Mosfin671/
Matfen670/

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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 Moffen
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