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 is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terfehr? popularity and diffusion

It is the 704,927th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. Terfehr occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Terfehr live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Terfehr is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 298,168. In Germany it is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 84 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 11 percent live and Bremen, where 4 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent live and Portugal, where 1 percent live.

Terfehr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Terfehr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Terfehr surname rose 1,273 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Terfehr Last Name Statistics demography

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