de Kerf Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Kerf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Kerf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium6231:18,4542,833
Netherlands1041:162,37723,863
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

de Kerf Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Kerf is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Kerf? popularity and diffusion

de Kerf is the 457,658th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,861,361 people. de Kerf occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of de Kerf reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Belgium, where it is borne by 623 people, or 1 in 18,454. In Belgium de Kerf is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 97 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 0 percent are found. Apart from Belgium this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekerf92317/
de Cerf8615/
de Korf861/
de Kruif801,054/
de Kruyf80459/
de Cerff8092/
de Karfa801/
de Korff801/
da Kerfe801/
Dekrif771/
Dekryf771/
de Kruyff75347/
de Kruiff75258/
Diekerhof7588/
de Kruiyf751/
Deykerhof751/
Dkrf731/
Dekruif71243/
Dekruyf71153/
de Graf71100/
Deckerhoff7129/
Deykerhoff7127/
Diekerhoff7114/
de Gref712/
Dekrouf711/
Dekruff711/
Dekrayf711/
Dekraif711/
Dekerev711/
De-Cerf711/
Deckerhoof710/
Daekerhoof710/
de Graaf6725,677/
de Greef677,075/
de Groof672,394/
de Graef671,321/
de Groef67395/
de Graff67289/
Dieckerhoff67217/
de Groff6783/
Dekruyff6778/
Dekruiff6755/
de Greif6738/
de Greff6712/
Dekerová677/
Deijkerhoff675/
de Griff674/
Degrf671/
Deegreff671/
de Croff671/
te Karfa671/
de Kerf-Huyghe671/
de Grafi671/
de Gréef671/
Degueref671/
Dkrrf671/
Dickerof670/
de Grief670/
de Carv576/

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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 de Kerf
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