Kerfs Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Kerfs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 183 | 1:62,823 | 10,104 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Kerfs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerfs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerfs is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kerfs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerfs? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kerfs is the 1,052,587th most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,619,941 people. Kerfs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Kerfs are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 62,823. In Belgium Kerfs is most common in: Flemish Region, where 88 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 10 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Kerfs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kerfs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kerfs last name grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerf | 89 | 655 | / |
| Kerff | 80 | 211 | / |
| Karfs | 80 | 47 | / |
| Kerpf | 80 | 38 | / |
| Kerws | 80 | 26 | / |
| Kherf | 80 | 21 | / |
| Kirfs | 80 | 4 | / |
| Kerft | 80 | 4 | / |
| Cerfs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Krefs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kerfh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kerfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kervs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Korfs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Keerbs | 73 | 31 | / |
| Kherfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerbsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Korffs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kierfz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kearws | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krefse | 73 | 0 | / |
| Cerf | 67 | 3,215 | / |
| Kirf | 67 | 113 | / |
| Kerv | 67 | 84 | / |
| Kärf | 67 | 40 | / |
| Kyrf | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kjrf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kref | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kerw | 67 | 2 | / |
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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 Kerfs
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