Zefferer Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Zefferer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zefferer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2601:32,7525,272
Germany921:875,05962,702
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Zefferer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Zefferer is found most frequently in Austria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zefferer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 770,644th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,749,447 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Zefferer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Zefferer is most commonly used in Austria, where it is borne by 260 people, or 1 in 32,752. In Austria Zefferer is primarily found in: Styria, where 96 percent reside, Salzburg, where 3 percent reside and Carinthia, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Austria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent reside and Switzerland, where 3 percent reside.

Zefferer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Zefferer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 60 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
  • 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 Zefferer
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