Traft Surname

1,573,888th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 130 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Traft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Traft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1161:3,124,646180,867
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Traft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Traft is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Traft? popularity and diffusion

Traft is the 1,573,888th most commonly held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Traft live; 90 percent live in North America and 89 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 116 people, or 1 in 3,124,646. In The United States Traft is most numerous in: Kentucky, where 31 percent live, Massachusetts, where 30 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 8 percent live and Afghanistan, where 1 percent live.

Traft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Traft has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 552 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Traft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Traft surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.

Traft earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.38% more than the national average, earning $46,334 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trafts910/
Traftz910/
Traf894/
Threaft831/
Treft80327/
Traff80317/
Traif80147/
Trauf8024/
Troft8012/
Trapf807/
Trafe803/
Trasf801/
Trafz801/
Trafs800/
Trefft7331/
Traife7311/
Travts735/
Travtz734/
Thrawt734/
Trasfì731/
Travth731/
Trasdf731/
Traffe731/
Trofts730/
Trab672,226/
Trav67841/
Traw67556/
Trof6792/
Traphth671/
Trafova671/
Threabt670/

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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 Traft
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