Torfs Surname

118,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,873 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Torfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium3,7511:3,065302
France291:2,290,439180,028
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Scotland141:382,41616,471
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Torfs (10) may also be a first name.

Torfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Torfs is most common in Belgium. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Torfs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 118,711th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,881,628 people. The surname Torfs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Torfs live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 10 people.

It is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is carried by 3,751 people, or 1 in 3,065. In Belgium Torfs is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 94 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Torfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Torfs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Torfs surname increased 1,700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Torfs Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Torfs earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 84.82% more than the national average, earning $79,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.69% less than the national average, earning $47,354 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torf89220/
Torfe80135/
Torff8048/
Tourf801/
Toorf801/
Torws801/
Torbs800/
Teurfs7399/
Thorbs7375/
Turffs7321/
Türffs7319/
Torrbs734/
Toorbs731/
Torrws731/
Thorpf731/
Thorfe731/
Tourfe730/
Torb6731/
Torv6718/
Tarf6712/
Thorffe672/
Torw672/
Thorvse671/

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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 Torfs
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