Rehfeld Surname

138,053rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Rehfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rehfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,2301:36,1014,784
United States6931:523,02943,647
Brazil1681:1,274,25243,696
Denmark531:106,5049,962
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Israel91:950,84857,975
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England61:9,286,343223,652
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
France41:16,605,680368,153
China31:455,773,85521,925
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Rehfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Rehfeld is found most in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rehfeld? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 138,053rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,247,162 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Rehfeld are found; 70 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Rehfeld is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 2,230 people, or 1 in 36,101. In Germany it is most numerous in: Brandenburg, where 22 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany it is found in 26 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Rehfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Rehfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 797 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Rehfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Rehfeld surname are 28.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 81.33% registered with the party.

Rehfeld earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.89% more than the national average, earning $46,554 USD per year.

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Rehfeld
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