Seffern Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Seffern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seffern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
United States551:6,590,162310,708
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Seffern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seffern is found most in Germany. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Seffern? popularity and diffusion

The last name Seffern is the 1,565,797th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Seffern occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Seffern live; 54 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Seffern is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 1,412,376. In Germany Seffern is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 53 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 37 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 42 percent reside and Canada, where 12 percent reside.

Seffern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Seffern has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Seffern surname rose 344 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Seffern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Seffern last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered with the political party.

The amount Seffern earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 28.45% more than the national average, earning $55,423 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.53% less than the national average, earning $44,948 CAD 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
  • 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 Seffern
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