Polfer Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Polfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Polfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1581:2,294,044142,811
France381:1,747,966156,445
Luxembourg251:23,2224,671
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Polfer Last Name Facts

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

Polfer is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Polfer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,064,392nd most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Polfer live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Polfer is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 2,294,044. In The United States Polfer is primarily concentrated in: California, where 22 percent are found, Florida, where 16 percent are found and Iowa, where 16 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 11 percent are found.

Polfer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Polfer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Polfer last name expanded 1,580 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Polfer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Polfer surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the party.

Polfer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.8% more than the national average, earning $50,400 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pulfer832,350/
Palfer835/
Polfír834/
Polferova8039/
Pahlfer779/
Polfair770/
Pulferd770/
Palfe7311/
Polfa732/
Polfi731/
Pfeulfer712/
Pollfeyt711/
Palfey6791/
Palferova6730/
Polfírová674/

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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 Polfer
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