Rahlfs Surname

486,338th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 683 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rahlfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rahlfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4491:179,29920,982
United States2311:1,569,086105,843
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

Rahlfs Last Name Facts

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

Rahlfs is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Rahlfs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rahlfs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 486,338th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,669,906 people. Rahlfs is mostly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Rahlfs live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 179,299. In Germany Rahlfs is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 66 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 14 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Rahlfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rahlfs has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 856 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rahlfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Rahlfs last name are 2.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.06% registered with the political party.

Rahlfs earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.09% less than the national average, earning $43,111 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ralfs91725/
Rohlfs834,398/
Raulfs83171/
Rholfs834/
Rohlffs77172/
Rohllfs770/
Rolfs732,600/
Ralphs672,751/
Roolfs67252/
Rolffs67153/
Rollfs6749/
Roulfs671/
Rolhfs671/
Ralph's621/
Roulhfs620/
Rolphs502/
Rolfch500/

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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 Rahlfs
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