Zerfel Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Zerfel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zerfel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Zerfel Last Name Facts

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

Zerfel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Zerfel.

How Common Is The Last Name Zerfel? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zerfel is the 8,968,613th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Zerfel occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Zerfel are found; 75 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Zerfel is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Zerfel is mostly concentrated in: Brandenburg, where 33 percent are found and Thuringia, where 33 percent are found. Beside Germany it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zerfiel923/
Szerfel921/
Zerfeld921/
Zehrfeld86177/
Szerffel8619/
Zierfeld866/
Serfel83137/
Šerfel8352/
Jerfel8315/
Zarfel834/
Gerfel833/
Čerfel831/
Zehrfeldt807/
Gerfelt7711/
Sherfel779/
Gerfeld774/
Szrefel772/
Serfiel771/
Serfeld771/
Zheerfeesl751/
Zarfl73655/
Scherfel71150/
Sierfeld7138/
Szreffel7126/
Sherfeld717/
Sherfiel711/
Seirfelt710/
Scherfeld6745/
Jægerfelt6711/
Scherffel6710/
Zirfil673/
Serfelova673/
Čerfelová671/

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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 Zerfel
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