Kiffen Surname

208,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Kiffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola1,7751:15,2051,826
Netherlands1521:111,10017,774
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
England41:13,929,515290,718
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kiffen (35) may also be a first name.

Kiffen Last Name Facts

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

Kiffen has its highest incidence in Angola. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Kiffen.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiffen? popularity and diffusion

Kiffen is the 208,375th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,671,308 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Kiffen live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 35 people.

It is most frequently occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 1,775 people, or 1 in 15,205. Other than Angola Kiffen occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found and Portugal, where 1 percent are found.

Kiffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kiffen has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kuiffen921/
Kifen912/
Kiffin83584/
Küffen8357/
Keffen8324/
Kiefen8321/
Kuffen837/
Keifen833/
Ciffen831/
Kifeen831/
Kuyffen778/
Chiffen772/
Kueffen771/
Kayffen771/
Kaifeun771/
Kaiffin771/
Kheifen771/
Kuiffin770/
Kufen7386/
Kefen7345/
Kifin7329/
Küfen7324/
Qifen7311/
Kifne731/
Cifen731/
Cheiffen710/
Kyffin67385/
Keufen67169/
Kiphen6794/
Chifen6749/
Kifina6744/
Qifeng6732/
Kehfen6719/
Caifen6710/
Koifin679/
Ciffin677/
Cuffen676/
Cuifen673/
Kuffin671/
Keffin671/
Kiefin671/
Kuefen670/
Kyffyn670/

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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 Kiffen
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