Werff Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Werff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2931:57,6359,915
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
England41:13,929,515290,718
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Werff (21) may also be a first name.

Werff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Werff is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Werff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 738,530th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname Werff is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Werff live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 21 people.

Werff is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 293 people, or 1 in 57,635. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 22 percent are found, Friesland, where 19 percent are found and North Holland, where 13 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands it exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.

Werff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Werff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Werff surname expanded 1,750 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Werff Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Werff earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 30.26% less than the national average, earning 241,355 kr per year and in United States they earn 12.07% less than the national average, earning $37,941 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werfft912/
Weirff911/
Werf89717/
Werft80375/
Worff8097/
Warff8050/
Wärff8032/
Werfe8020/
Verff8014/
Wuerf802/
Berff801/
Weirf801/
Wreff800/
Wharff73631/
Whorff7347/
Warrff730/
Warf672,003/
Worf67647/
Wirf67111/
Berf6732/
Verf6731/
Werw677/
Wyrf674/
Werv672/
Uerf672/
Wjrf671/

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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 Werff
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