Zerfaß Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zerfaß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zerfaß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3901:206,42423,524
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Zerfa (3,612) are calculated separately.

Zerfaß Last Name Facts

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

Zerfaß is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Zerfa. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zerfaß? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 738,530th most prevalent surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The last name Zerfaß is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Zerfaß live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 390 people, or 1 in 206,424. In Germany Zerfaß is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 59 percent reside, Hesse, where 15 percent reside and Saarland, where 8 percent reside. Beside Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zerfa973,612/
Zerfas83597/
Zerfat8383/
Zirfaß8346/
Zerfaz8310/
Zerfaş831/
Zerfass77452/
Zerface7788/
Zerfahs7736/
Zerffaz7712/
Zerfaas771/
Zearfas770/
Serfa7383/
Zirfa736/
Gerfa733/
Zerfo731/
Zrefa731/
Cerfa731/
Zearfaus7142/
Zearfass710/
Serfas67672/
Zirfas67423/
Gerfau6762/
Zarfas6760/
Zorfas6760/
Cerfas6737/
Serfai679/
Zerfos677/
Gerfas673/
Serfaz671/
Serfay671/
Zerpha671/
Sierfa671/
Serfah671/
Gerfat671/
Gerfay671/
Zerfei671/
Zerfuo671/
Zerfey670/
Zearfauss670/

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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 Zerfaß
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