Norf Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Norf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Norf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany701:1,150,07875,714
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Norf (489) may also be a first name.

Norf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Norf (Russian: Норф) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Norf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,047,559th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Norf is mostly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Norf live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe. Norf is also the 384,341st most commonly used forename worldwide, borne by 489 people.

The surname Norf is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 1,150,078. In Germany Norf is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 1 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Norf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Norf has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 250 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Norff8962/
Norfe893/
Noorf891/
Nourf891/
Nourfe801/
Norfss800/
Nerf75166/
Nurf7530/
Narf7522/
Norb7519/
Norw754/
Norv752/
Nourb67110/
Narfe6710/
Noorw673/
Noorb672/
Norph672/
Nurfe672/
Nurff671/
Narwf671/
Narff670/
Hnourb6022/
Naharf608/
Neurff600/
Norvova551/
Narw5031/
Nurb5021/
Narv5017/
Nerv5011/
Nerw506/
Narb506/
Nurw504/

Norf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Norf in the Russian language
Норфnorf-

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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 Norf
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