Oeftiger Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Denmark

Oeftiger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Oeftiger Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oeftiger Last Name Facts

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

Oeftiger occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oeftiger? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Oeftiger reside; 53 percent reside in Western Europe and 53 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 4,735,615. In Germany Oeftiger is most common in: Thuringia, where 53 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 35 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 31 percent live and Sweden, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoftiger880/
Iftiger8050/
Öftiger8010/
Avatiger6389/
Avatigeri594/
Aftagiri505/
Avateger501/

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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 Oeftiger
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