Suffner Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Suffner Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'leader', 'someone who is giving orders'. It comes from the word soffe.
Suffner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 232 | 1:347,006 | 33,780 |
| Poland | 52 | 1:730,937 | 60,459 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Šuffner (7) are calculated separately.
Suffner Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'leader', 'someone who is giving orders'. It comes from the word soffe.
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Where Does The Last Name Suffner Come From? nationality or country of origin
Suffner occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Šuffner. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Suffner? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 895,817th most prevalent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Suffner are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 78 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 347,006. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hesse, where 22 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent are found and Bavaria, where 13 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Poland, where 17 percent are found and Czechia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šuffner | 95 | 7 | / |
| Shuffner | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sufner | 92 | 96 | / |
| Schuffner | 88 | 140 | / |
| Shueffner | 88 | 2 | / |
| Shauffner | 88 | 0 | / |
| Shufner | 86 | 3 | / |
| Cuffner | 86 | 2 | / |
| Szufner | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sufne | 83 | 1 | / |
| Schueffner | 82 | 65 | / |
| Suffnerová | 82 | 20 | / |
| Schauffner | 82 | 8 | / |
| Suffnerova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shiffner | 80 | 110 | / |
| Soeffner | 80 | 46 | / |
| Suffness | 80 | 17 | / |
| Schufner | 80 | 2 | / |
| Shoufner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Shaufner | 80 | 0 | / |
| Cufner | 77 | 148 | / |
| Šufner | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sufnje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schiffner | 75 | 4,073 | / |
| Schupfner | 75 | 187 | / |
| Schüffner | 75 | 25 | / |
| Sufnerová | 75 | 6 | / |
| Shoeffner | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schaufner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schuefner | 75 | 0 | / |
| Schuffnerová | 74 | 5 | / |
| Shifner | 71 | 100 | / |
| Schoeffner | 71 | 49 | / |
| Šuffnerová | 71 | 8 | / |
| Jaufner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sufni | 67 | 34 | / |
| Schifner | 67 | 31 | / |
| Sufna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schiefner | 63 | 625 | / |
| Šufnerová | 63 | 5 | / |
| Soufienne | 63 | 4 | / |
| Schoefner | 63 | 1 | / |
| Soufny | 62 | 139 | / |
| Schoepfner | 59 | 20 | / |
| Sufenny | 57 | 90 | / |
| Saufnay | 57 | 41 | / |
| Saufnai | 57 | 15 | / |
| Schüffny | 53 | 1 | / |
| Zufni | 50 | 11 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Suffner
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