Walfort Surname

1,168,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 204 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Walfort Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Walfort Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2011:400,52536,990
France11:66,422,722504,397
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Walfort Last Name Facts

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

The last name Walfort is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Walfort? popularity and diffusion

Walfort is the 1,168,344th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 35,723,264 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Walfort are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 201 people, or 1 in 400,525. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 97 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found and Bavaria, where 1 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Walfort Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Walfort has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Walfort
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