Seffner Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Seffner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 145 | 1:555,210 | 45,787 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 1:4,565,335 | 193,764 |
The alternate forms: Šeffner (5) are calculated separately.
Seffner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seffner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seffner is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Šeffner. For other potential spellings of Seffner click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Seffner? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,333,288th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 90 percent of Seffner reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 87 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 555,210. In Germany Seffner is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 43 percent are found, Berlin, where 17 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 8 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Seffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Seffner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Seffner surname decreased 82 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Seffner
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