Terfehr Surname

704,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Terfehr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terfehr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2701:298,16830,684
United States1401:2,588,992156,804
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Terfehr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terfehr occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Terfehr? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 704,927th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,476,129 people. Terfehr occurs mostly in Europe, where 66 percent of Terfehr are found; 65 percent are found in Western Europe and 65 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Terfehr is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 298,168. In Germany it is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 84 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent are found and Bremen, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 percent are found.

Terfehr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Terfehr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Terfehr surname expanded 1,273 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terfehr Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Terfehr surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered with the political party.

Terfehr earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.71% more than the national average, earning $44,748 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terfer9216/
Terfech869/
Terfe837,920/
Terfie771,940/
Terveh77356/
Terfea7743/
Torfer7726/
Tarfer773/
Terfet772/
Terfir771/
Terfee771/
Terfes771/
Terffe771/
Therfe771/
Tirfe6714,870/
Terfa6713,311/
Terfi67942/
Trefe6713/
Terfé671/

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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 Terfehr
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