Nehoff Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Nehoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nehoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Nehoff Last Name Facts

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

Nehoff has its highest incidence in New Zealand. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Nehoff click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nehoff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 87 percent of Nehoff live; 87 percent live in Australasia and 87 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most frequently used in New Zealand, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 377,360. In New Zealand Nehoff is most frequent in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 92 percent live and Otago Region, where 8 percent live. Other than New Zealand this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Nehoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nehoff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nehoff last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niehoff927,235/
Neehoff92100/
Neahoff920/
Neoff912/
Niehof83737/
Nyhoff83412/
Nihoff8366/
Nieoff832/
Nehouf831/
Neehof831/
Neahof830/
Neof803/
Nijhoff771,105/
Neijhof7713/
Nyhof73643/
Nihof7374/
Nehow736/
Nehov735/
Nehaf732/
Nhouf731/
Neofe731/
Nyoff731/
Neaff730/
Høhnhoff711/
Nijhof674,063/
Niohof674/
Nojhof672/
Neehow671/
Neihow670/
Nihoof670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nehoff
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