Kiefer Surname
Approximately 50,941 people bear this surname
Kiefer Surname Definition:
(German) One who made and sold casks, a cooper; one who had charge of the wine cellar.
Read More About This SurnameKiefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 28,808 | 1:2,795 | 283 |
| United States | 14,878 | 1:24,362 | 3,078 |
| France | 1,762 | 1:37,697 | 4,659 |
| Brazil | 1,431 | 1:149,598 | 5,719 |
| Switzerland | 988 | 1:8,313 | 1,365 |
| Austria | 653 | 1:13,040 | 1,874 |
| Canada | 470 | 1:78,395 | 8,792 |
| Australia | 295 | 1:91,511 | 10,486 |
| Israel | 260 | 1:32,914 | 4,636 |
| Hungary | 224 | 1:43,823 | 4,672 |
| Luxembourg | 129 | 1:4,500 | 620 |
| England | 107 | 1:520,730 | 32,731 |
| Thailand | 98 | 1:720,799 | 118,830 |
| Chile | 90 | 1:195,739 | 6,255 |
| Netherlands | 79 | 1:213,762 | 28,937 |
| Argentina | 71 | 1:602,020 | 42,723 |
| Denmark | 64 | 1:88,199 | 8,478 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| South Africa | 51 | 1:1,062,308 | 63,943 |
| Poland | 51 | 1:745,270 | 61,215 |
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
| Slovakia | 37 | 1:144,228 | 26,002 |
| Spain | 35 | 1:1,335,772 | 43,485 |
| Czechia | 22 | 1:483,340 | 51,393 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 1:180,619 | 14,948 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Romania | 6 | 1:3,346,312 | 56,696 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Montenegro | 3 | 1:213,188 | 6,121 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,898 | 1:26,459 | 3,257 |
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.
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 KieferKiefer Demographics
Average Male Kiefer Height
177.12 cm
Average Female Kiefer Height
161.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Kiefer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kiefer in the Russian language | ||
| Киефер | kiefer | - |
| Kiefer in the Arabic language | ||
| كيفر | kyfr | - |
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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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Footnotes
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