Tift Surname

350,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,040 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Tift Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tift Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8731:415,18836,052
England1381:403,75427,757
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Iran61:12,797,087199,837
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3451:145,56113,608

Tift (25) may also be a first name.

Tift Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tift has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tift? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 350,743rd most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,007,256 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Tift are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 76 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.

The surname Tift is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 873 people, or 1 in 415,188. In The United States Tift is most numerous in: Washington, where 14 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.

Tift Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Tift has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Tift last name rose 253 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 431 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Tift Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Tift last name are 12.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.44% registered with the political party.

The amount Tift earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.27% less than the national average, earning R 111,048 per year and in United States they earn 0.33% less than the national average, earning $43,006 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tifft89850/
Thift898/
Tuift891/
Tifts891/
Tif86524/
Thieft803/
Theift801/
Tiffts801/
Taif7517,631/
Tuft75518/
Toif75280/
Teft75236/
Tief75185/
Tife75129/
Teif7593/
Tiff7578/
Tyft7552/
Thif758/
Tiof754/
Tgif752/
Tiwf751/
Tivf751/
Tifz751/
Tijf751/
Tifh751/
Htif751/
Tifs751/
Tivt751/
Tuif751/
Tipf750/
Tefft672,658/
Taibt67641/
Tiffe67396/
Thoif67199/
Tufft67149/
Thaif67140/
Tieff6784/
Teeft6772/
Thief6763/
Tefts6736/
Taife6735/
Theif679/
Taiff678/
Tefte678/
Taizf674/
Teife673/
Tivte672/
Teftt672/
Tyfte672/
Thiff672/
Toife672/
Thyft671/
Titvs671/
Tyfts671/
Tesft671/
Tivtz671/
Thuft671/
Thife671/
Taidf671/
Tywft671/
Thiof671/
Tayft671/
Thisf671/
Åtuft671/
Teuft671/
Teifs671/
Teisf671/
Taaif671/
Taifh671/
Tisfe671/
Teizf671/
Tisff670/
Tuftt670/
Theft670/
Tuibt670/
Tiffs670/

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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 Tift
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