Sifers Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Sifers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sifers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5691:637,01051,261
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

The alternate forms: Šifers (1) are calculated separately.

Sifers Last Name Facts

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

Sifers occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as: Šifers. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sifers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 542,751st most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Sifers are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 569 people, or 1 in 637,010. In The United States it is most frequent in: Missouri, where 19 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Colorado, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 3 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

Sifers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sifers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sifers last name rose 558 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sifers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sifers surname are 31.01% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.

Sifers earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.72% less than the national average, earning $38,955 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šifers941/
Siefers92324/
Seifers92171/
Scifers92160/
Shifers9218/
Siffers924/
Soifers922/
Sieffers8666/
Sceifers8642/
Seiffers8636/
Shiffers8610/
Sciefers862/
Schifers860/
Shaifers860/
Syfers83326/
Cifers83213/
Sefers83193/
Säfers8323/
Zifers831/
Seifrs831/
Schiffers802,372/
Scheifers8056/
Schiefers8020/
Seijffers809/
Shieffers800/
Giefers77144/
Seffers77132/
Syffers7742/
Siphers7720/
Seifors7720/
Szyfers7714/
Shyfers776/
Ciffers772/
Shefers772/
Scefers771/
Cijfers771/
Säffers771/
Jesfers771/
Giffers771/
Jiffers770/
Seafers770/
Zeifers770/
Scyfers770/
Scifors770/
Seefers770/
Siefars770/
Schijffers7527/
Scheiffers7516/
Schieffers755/
Schäfers716,037/
Schefers71339/
Chiffers7197/
Gieffers7178/
Cijffers7136/
Sceffers7117/
Sheffers7113/
Szyffers7111/
Seyffers711/
Caiffers710/
Jesffers710/
Sciphers710/
Scheffers674,426/
Cyfers67128/
Gefers6778/
Schäffers6739/
Scheefers6735/
Jefers6722/
Zyfers6719/
Sheaffers677/
Sefors675/
Zefers672/
Scheafers671/
Jyfers671/
Schyffers671/
Šēfers671/
Schiffersová671/
Syfors670/
Scheufers670/

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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 Sifers
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