Viefers Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Viefers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Viefers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Viefers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Viefers is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Viefers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,136,387th most prevalent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Viefers reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Viefers is most common in Germany, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 1,257,898. In Germany Viefers is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent live, Bavaria, where 2 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent live. Besides Germany this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 9 percent live and Norway, where 5 percent live.

Viefers Last Name Statistics demography

Viefers earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 3.21% less than the national average, earning 334,963 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Vieffers932/
Wiefers867/
Wefers771,970/
Vyfers77108/
Vifors779/
Phieffers7515/
Beffers71155/
Wiffers7160/
Weffers7149/
Feifers7122/
Vejfors7120/
Vipfors714/
Weefers711/
Phifers710/
Wesfers710/
Huefers710/
Pfefers710/
Feffers710/
Pfeifers6726/
Pheifers675/
Fjeffers674/
Wieforss672/
Pfeffers671/
Pfiffers670/
Pheiffers6344/
Phijffers6336/
Pfeiffers631/
Väfors6234/
Fyfers621/
Pfeijffers591/
Boufers572/
Wiphers572/
Wyffers571/
Bayafers5312/
Weaphers532/
Fedfirst531/
Bouffers531/
Phyffers530/

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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 Viefers
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