Kieft Surname
Approximately 2,792 people bear this surname
Kieft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,662 | 1:10,161 | 1,353 |
| United States | 850 | 1:426,422 | 36,874 |
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Wales | 40 | 1:77,363 | 6,557 |
| Australia | 24 | 1:1,124,821 | 62,883 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Liechtenstein | 6 | 1:6,396 | 809 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 33 | 1:738,648 | 34,140 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:261,403 | 9,165 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 59 | 1:851,164 | 52,255 |
Kieft (25) may also be a first name.
Kieft Demographics
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Kieft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kieft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kieft is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kieft? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 156,768th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,610,153 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 65 percent of Kieft are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 62 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kieft is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name globally, held by 25 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,662 people, or 1 in 10,161. In The Netherlands Kieft is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 34 percent are found, Gelderland, where 19 percent are found and South Holland, where 11 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Germany, where 2 percent are found.
Kieft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kieft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kieft last name expanded 1,441 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it declined 42 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kieft Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kieft last name are 27.55% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.32% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kieft earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 20.97% more than the national average, earning $52,196 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.48% less than the national average, earning $48,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiefte | 91 | 186 | / |
| Kiefft | 91 | 5 | / |
| Kift | 89 | 635 | / |
| Keft | 89 | 152 | / |
| Keift | 80 | 25 | / |
| Kefte | 80 | 5 | / |
| Keaft | 80 | 2 | / |
| Koeft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kheft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kefth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kifte | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khift | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kifft | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kieftová | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kiffte | 73 | 8 | / |
| Keefte | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kiewtt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kievtt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keefet | 73 | 0 | / |
| Keffth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kaefft | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kevt | 67 | 552 | / |
| Kaiphet | 67 | 150 | / |
| Kewt | 67 | 108 | / |
| Cift | 67 | 86 | / |
| Kuiphet | 67 | 6 | / |
| Qeft | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ceft | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kiwt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kyft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keifttz | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kieft
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