Kaufmann Surname

5,927th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95,198 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Kaufmann Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Merchant; Trades- man [Ger. kaufmann, O.H.Ger.

koufman(i = English chapman]

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Kaufmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany49,6971:1,620135
Switzerland14,4731:56727
United States10,2961:35,2044,391
Austria8,9341:95354
Brazil2,5901:82,6543,102
France1,5691:42,3345,331
Israel1,4031:6,100930
Argentina9591:44,5713,758
Italy7251:84,35414,667
Canada6981:52,7876,327
Hungary4931:19,9112,246
Denmark4361:12,9471,240
Thailand3201:220,74537,113
Australia3051:88,51010,201
Netherlands2651:63,72510,963
Liechtenstein2531:15228
South Africa2201:246,26225,099
England1781:313,02323,520
Poland1491:255,09231,940
Spain1271:368,12620,695
Czechia1261:84,39314,132
Sweden1101:89,5166,554
Luxembourg1061:5,477798
Chile781:225,8526,969
Russia761:1,896,356120,402
Mexico651:1,909,63418,382
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Belgium531:216,91827,806
Dominican Republic461:226,8038,136
Norway461:111,78914,873
Estonia351:37,7667,217
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Slovakia271:197,64632,915
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Ecuador171:935,63814,108
Peru161:1,986,50825,077
Uruguay161:214,48516,699
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Finland91:610,74534,002
Wales91:343,83718,086
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
China71:195,331,65210,124
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Namibia51:481,88011,140
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Malta41:107,5681,849
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Cambodia21:7,743,57311,959
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1031:45,5295,264

Kaufmann (38) may also be a first name.

Kaufmann Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Merchant; Trades- man [Ger. kaufmann, O.H.Ger.

koufman(i = English chapman]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) The merchant or tradesman.

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

(from the name of a male ancestor) or (from an ancestor's occupation) The name in German means “merchant” or “shopkeeper” and a few Kaufmans probably were merchants. As a Jewish name Kaufman is derived from Jacob (Yaakov) which becomes Yakovman, then Yakofman, then is shortened to Kofman and emerges as Kaufman.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Coifman comes from the Yidish dialect and means 'buyer'. It is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews in Eastern Europe. The variance between Coifman and Koifman or Kaufmann are due to the original country of registry. Romania use a Latin language which doesn't have the letter K in its alphabet, so those registered there are "Coifman". If they were registered in Russia, for example, they would be "Koifman".

- ecoifman

Kaufmann Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kaufmann (Russian: Кауфманн) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Kaufmann click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kaufmann? popularity and diffusion

Kaufmann is the 5,927th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 76,551 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Kaufmann are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kaufmann is also the 1,662,754th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 38 people.

Kaufmann is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 49,697 people, or 1 in 1,620. In Germany Kaufmann is most numerous in: Baden-Württemberg, where 18 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent are found and Bavaria, where 13 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name occurs in 101 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Kaufmann Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kaufmann has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kaufmann last name increased 933 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 336 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kaufmann Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kaufmann surname are 11.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.18% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kaufmann earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.39% more than the national average, earning 416,663 kr per year; in Peru they earn 58.94% less than the national average, earning S/. 7,960 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.27% more than the national average, earning R 347,604 per year; in United States they earn 11.75% more than the national average, earning $48,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $52,958 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kaufmann Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kaufmann in the Russian language
Кауфманнkaufmann-

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