Terfort Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Terfort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1881:428,22138,630
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Terfort Last Name Facts

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

Terfort is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Terfort click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Terfort? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,214,709th most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Terfort reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 188 people, or 1 in 428,221. In Germany Terfort is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Germany it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Chile, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Terfoort9325/
Terfor921/
Terfoorth8837/
Terrforte881/
Terford8621/
Tirfort869/
Trefort869/
Treffort80257/
Terfurth8033/
Terffurt801/
Therford801/
Trefor7717/
Terfar779/
Terfoordh751/
Trefurt7113/
Torford717/
Treffor711/
Trefart711/
Treford711/
Tarford710/
Treffurt6715/
Trefford672/
Treffurth6330/

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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 Terfort
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