Kauffman Surname

18,149th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kauffman Surname Definition:

(German) The merchant or tradesman.

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Kauffman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States27,8631:13,0091,621
Brazil3791:564,84021,113
Netherlands3441:49,0918,403
Nicaragua3291:18,301941
Canada2851:129,28313,464
Australia2221:121,60213,381
Argentina1771:241,48819,632
England1201:464,31730,397
Mexico901:1,379,18015,553
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Belgium741:155,36021,583
Uruguay731:47,0105,282
Thailand701:1,009,119153,242
Philippines541:1,874,782115,801
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Russia431:3,351,699174,427
France231:2,887,944200,772
Ecuador161:994,11514,535
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England511:477,94826,685
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7341:10,6081,390

Kauffman (78) may also be a first name.

Kauffman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The merchant or tradesman.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

Originally from the German speaking region of Switzerland, including Bern. Kauffman means 'hose maker'.

- ehumphrey

Kauffman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kauffman (Russian: Кауффман) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kauffman? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 18,149th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 239,698 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Kauffman reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 78 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 27,863 people, or 1 in 13,009. In The United States Kauffman is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 7 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Indiana, where 5 percent live. Beside The United States Kauffman exists in 60 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Kauffman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kauffman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kauffman last name grew 589 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 235 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kauffman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kauffman are 23.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.7% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kauffman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 11.26% more than the national average, earning 385,052 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 90.99% more than the national average, earning R 453,864 per year; in United States they earn 1.62% more than the national average, earning $43,847 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.68% more than the national average, earning $62,938 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kauffman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kauffman in the Russian language
Кауффманkauffman-

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Kauffman Reference & Research

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