Keefer Surname
Approximately 14,036 people bear this surname
Keefer Surname Definition:
(German) One who made and sold casks, a cooper; one who had charge of the wine cellar.
Keefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,319 | 1:27,214 | 3,401 |
| Canada | 207 | 1:177,998 | 17,780 |
| Germany | 152 | 1:529,641 | 44,407 |
| Australia | 139 | 1:194,214 | 19,182 |
| South Africa | 106 | 1:511,110 | 41,270 |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Venezuela | 8 | 1:3,775,510 | 36,567 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,093 | 1:16,236 | 2,066 |
Keefer (187) may also be a first name.
Keefer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who made and sold casks, a cooper; one who had charge of the wine cellar.
Keefer Demographics
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Keefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Keefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Keefer is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Keefer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 37,514th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 519,204 people. The last name Keefer is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Keefer reside; 96 percent reside in North America and 96 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Keefer is also the 665,130th most common first name world-wide, held by 187 people.
The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 13,319 people, or 1 in 27,214. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 23 percent are found, Maryland, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 1 percent are found.
Keefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Keefer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Keefer last name expanded 431 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Keefer Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Keefer last name are 20.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.68% registered with the party.
The amount Keefer earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 399.02% more than the national average, earning R 1,185,860 per year; in United States they earn 0.21% less than the national average, earning $43,058 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.09% less than the national average, earning $46,658 CAD per year.
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Keefer Reference & Research
Keefer FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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- 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 Keefer
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