Suffern Surname

535,476th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 602 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Suffern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Suffern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3651:993,03873,486
Canada901:409,39536,056
Argentina651:657,59145,740
Australia281:964,13257,058
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
England151:3,714,537119,675
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland791:56,0744,532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:351,18026,857

Suffern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Suffern is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Suffern? popularity and diffusion

It is the 535,476th most commonly used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 12,105,558 people. The surname Suffern is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Suffern are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Suffern is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 365 people, or 1 in 993,038. In The United States Suffern is most frequent in: Illinois, where 15 percent are found, New York, where 13 percent are found and North Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 15 percent are found and Argentina, where 11 percent are found.

Suffern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Suffern has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Suffern last name rose 255 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Suffern Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Suffern last name is chiefly Presbyterian (66%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Suffern last name are 1.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.84% registered with the political party.

The amount Suffern earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $44,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.78% more than the national average, earning $53,548 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sufferin9333/
Sauffern930/
Sufferen930/
Suffering88154/
Juffern8657/
Sufeern861/
Sufforn860/
Jufferin8010/
Suffrene803/
Jouffern801/
Sufering800/
Sufirn771/
Schiffern7529/
Seufering751/
Chaufferin7130/
Sufrene7113/
Sufirin711/
Juffirin672/
Shiferin671/
Shiffirn671/
Sauphern671/
Soufrene670/
Supharn57216/
Suphorn575/
Jufirin571/
Shifirn571/
Chufirin5356/
Chufyrin5348/
Zufayrin531/
Supharin531/
Suphrene531/
Suphairin5033/
Suphaharn501/

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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 Suffern
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