Kiefer Surname

11,024th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50,941 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kiefer Surname Definition:

(German) One who made and sold casks, a cooper; one who had charge of the wine cellar.

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Kiefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany28,8081:2,795283
United States14,8781:24,3623,078
France1,7621:37,6974,659
Brazil1,4311:149,5985,719
Switzerland9881:8,3131,365
Austria6531:13,0401,874
Canada4701:78,3958,792
Australia2951:91,51110,486
Israel2601:32,9144,636
Hungary2241:43,8234,672
Luxembourg1291:4,500620
England1071:520,73032,731
Thailand981:720,799118,830
Chile901:195,7396,255
Netherlands791:213,76228,937
Argentina711:602,02042,723
Denmark641:88,1998,478
Dominican Republic541:193,2027,170
South Africa511:1,062,30863,943
Poland511:745,27061,215
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Belgium421:273,73032,801
Slovakia371:144,22826,002
Spain351:1,335,77243,485
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Uruguay191:180,61914,948
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
China71:195,331,65210,124
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Romania61:3,346,31256,696
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Panama41:978,06412,245
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Montenegro31:213,1886,121
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8981:26,4593,257

Kiefer (625) may also be a first name.

Kiefer 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.

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

User-submitted Reference

German Kiefer, which can mean either as pine jaw, depending on the article of the genre that came with the German word: die (defined masculine article) kiefer = jaw; der (feminine definite article) kiefer = pine.

- Joao Henriques Kieffer e Silva

"Kiefer" actually stems from "Küfer". And "Küfer" is or was a profession: those who make "Kufen" (wooden vessels). The English equivalent would be "Cooper" = barrel maker.

- Peter Kiefer

Kiefer Last Name Facts

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

Kiefer (Arabic: كيفر, Russian: Киефер) is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiefer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kiefer is the 11,024th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 143,059 people. The surname Kiefer is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Kiefer are found; 64 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kiefer is also the 333,332nd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 625 people.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 28,808 people, or 1 in 2,795. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 35 percent are found, Saarland, where 17 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 70 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Kiefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kiefer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 784 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 973 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kiefer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kiefer surname are 19.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kiefer earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.4% more than the national average, earning R 326,520 per year; in United States they earn 7.37% more than the national average, earning $46,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,142 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kieffer9224,019/
Kiepfer9278/
Keiefer921/
Kieferr921/
Kieefer921/
Khiefer921/
Kaiefer921/
Kiefier920/
Kifer912,619/
Kefer911,485/
Kieffert86136/
Kiaiefer863/
Kieffier861/
Kieeffer861/
Kiefffer861/
Keieffer860/
Kiefertt860/
Keefer8314,036/
Keffer834,808/
Keifer833,277/
Kipfer833,073/
Kiffer832,916/
Kaefer832,559/
Kaifer83345/
Kepfer83273/
Keafer83171/
Kifert8386/
Koefer8361/
Keufer8348/
Keyfer8330/
Kuefer8322/
Kefere8314/
Kiifer8310/
Khifer839/
Kiefir839/
Kefert836/
Kuifer835/
Kifier833/
Kitfer832/
Kefeer831/
Khefer831/
Kefeir831/
Kifeer831/
Kiferd831/
Kiyfer831/
Kieferová8025/
Kieferova802/
Kieheffer800/
Keiffer771,820/
Kuepfer77984/
Koepfer77354/
Kueffer77333/
Keuffer77179/
Kaeffer77109/
Keepfer7774/
Koeffer7756/
Keeffer7736/
Kaiffer7735/
Kiffert7722/
Keaffer7710/
Keffert777/
Kiiffer774/
Keefeer773/
Khaifer773/
Kipfeer772/
Kiffeur772/
Keufert772/
Kuipfer771/
Keifeer771/
Keisfer771/
Keeifer771/
Keffaer771/
Kefferr771/
Kheyfer771/
Kiopfer771/
Kipffer771/
Khaefer771/
Quiefer771/
Kheafer771/
Kaifere771/
Kuiffer771/
Kefferd770/
Keupfer770/
Kisfert770/
Keiferz770/
Kiffier770/
Kepfert770/
Keffeer770/
Kipfert770/
Keefert770/
Keipfer770/
Kiefferová751/
Käfer734,805/
Kufer73593/
Cifer73340/
Küfer73170/
Cefer7391/
Kéfer7380/
Kyfer7341/
Kefre7334/
Kefir7318/
Kefyr736/
Kífer731/
Kifir730/
Kiferova7118/
Kiferová7114/
Keferová718/
Chieffer713/
Keferova713/
Quieffer711/
Kheifeur711/
Keihofer711/
Kaueffer711/
Kefferth710/
Kupfer6710,319/
Kaufer671,902/
Kuffer671,513/
Küpfer671,237/
Küffer67951/
Chefer67404/
Kepher67255/
Käfert6774/
Kojfer6758/
Kifferová6751/
Kaiferová6736/
Käffer6736/
Caefer6732/
Kypfer6730/
Chifer6730/
Coefer6726/
Ciffer6719/
Koufer6717/
Cijfer6716/
Quifer6716/
Kefire6714/
Kefgir6714/
Ceffer6713/
Cuefer6713/
Kayfer6710/
Khefir677/
Kidfir675/
Kafeer675/
Kipher673/
Kefferová672/
Keffre672/
Coifer671/
Kefier671/
Kipferová671/
Kyfert671/
Ceafer671/
Ceifer671/
Keffir671/
Quefer671/
Kaiferova671/
Käpfer671/
Kűffer671/
Kűpfer671/
Keefir670/
Keifir670/
Kyfeir670/
Kyffer670/
Kaihoffer670/

Kiefer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kiefer in the Russian language
Киеферkiefer-
Kiefer in the Arabic language
كيفرkyfr-

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Kiefer Reference & Research

Meaning of the name Kiefer - Gives the standard meanings of the German word Kiefer.

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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