Kirf Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Kirf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 102 | 1:789,269 | 58,234 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kirf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kirf (Russian: Кирф) is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kirf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,718,748th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kirf live; 90 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Kirf is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 789,269. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saarland, where 41 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 25 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live. Apart from Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 8 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirfe | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kirfs | 89 | 4 | / |
| Khirf | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kirff | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kerf | 75 | 655 | / |
| Kärf | 75 | 40 | / |
| Kyrf | 75 | 34 | / |
| Kirw | 75 | 5 | / |
| Kurf | 75 | 4 | / |
| Kjrf | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kref | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kirv | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kreff | 67 | 449 | / |
| Kerfs | 67 | 238 | / |
| Kerff | 67 | 211 | / |
| Kerpf | 67 | 38 | / |
| Krepf | 67 | 24 | / |
| Kherf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kerft | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kürff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kärpf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khirv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khurf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kairb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kerfh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Krefe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gkref | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kirvs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kairv | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chirf | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kurff | 67 | 0 | / |
Kirf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kirf in the Russian language | ||
| Кирф | kirf | - |
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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 Kirf
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