de Kneef Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Kneef Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Kneef Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium191:605,08754,956
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

de Kneef Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Kneef is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

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

It is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of de Kneef reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 605,087. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dekneef9353/
de Cneef8811/
de Knyf8022/
de Knijf75182/
de Knyff754/
de Knÿff752/
de Knijff7197/
Deknyf712/
Deknif711/
de Kunffy711/
de Cnyf6724/
Dekanev672/
Dknf671/
de Cnijf63172/
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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 de Kneef
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