Werft Surname

761,666th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 375 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Croatia

Werft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Werft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3101:259,69527,868
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Croatia191:222,55825,345
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Werft Last Name Facts

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

The surname Werft is found most frequently in Germany. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Werft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Werft is the 761,666th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 19,433,456 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 89 percent of Werft live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 259,695. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live and Saxony, where 9 percent live. Beside Germany this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent live and Croatia, where 5 percent live.

Werft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Werft surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered to vote for the political party.

Werft earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.11% more than the national average, earning $63,044 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Werfft912/
Werf89717/
Berft80410/
Werff80391/
Werfe8020/
Wuerf802/
Weirf801/
Warft800/
Wreft800/
Berfft733/
Weirff731/
Werwtz731/
Whorft731/
Wirf67111/
Berf6732/
Verf6731/
Werw677/
Wyrf674/
Uerf672/
Werv672/
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
  • 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 Werft
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