Keft Surname

1,422,956th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 152 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Keft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Keft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1441:187,47018,739
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Keft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Keft occurs in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Keft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Keft is the 1,422,956th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Keft reside; 95 percent reside in Australasia and 95 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is held by 144 people, or 1 in 187,470. In Australia Keft is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 72 percent are found, Queensland, where 15 percent are found and Victoria, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Australia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kieft892,792/
Keift8925/
Kefte895/
Keaft892/
Koeft891/
Kefth891/
Kheft891/
Kiefft805/
Keefte801/
Keefet800/
Keffth800/
Kaefft800/
Kift75635/
Kevt75552/
Kewt75108/
Koft7585/
Kaft7519/
Qeft754/
Ceft754/
Kyft751/
Keifttz731/
Kevte672,769/
Köfte67205/
Kewte6719/
Kaewt676/
Cheft672/
Keawt672/
Khaft671/
Kewth671/
Kopft671/
Kifte671/
Kebth671/
Kevth671/
Keavt671/
Khift671/
Kifft670/
Kafft670/

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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 Keft
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