Warff Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Warff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Warff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia451:1,061,6469,449
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

The alternate forms: Wärff (32) are calculated separately.

Warff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Warff is most common in Colombia. It may also be rendered as: Wärff. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Warff? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Warff is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Warff reside; 92 percent reside in South America and 92 percent reside in Caribbean South America.

Warff is most frequently used in Colombia, where it is carried by 45 people, or 1 in 1,061,646. In Colombia it is mostly concentrated in: Atlántico Department, where 98 percent reside and La Guajira Department, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Colombia this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent reside and Russia, where 2 percent reside.

Warff Last Name Statistics demography

Warff earn somewhat less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 10.12% less than the national average, earning $20,405,800 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wärff9332/
Wharff91631/
Warrff910/
Warf892,003/
Wharffe830/
Barff80755/
Wharf80576/
Werff80391/
Warfe80277/
Worff8097/
Warft800/
Wharfe73487/
Whorff7347/
Wharrf731/
Weirff731/
Varffe731/
Werf67717/
Worf67647/
Barf67228/
Warw676/
Varf673/
Uarf673/
Warv672/
Warfová671/

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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 Warff
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