Kleefeld Surname

422,155th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 821 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kleefeld Surname User-submission:

The Kleefeld surname means 'clover field'.

Kleefeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6221:129,43015,761
United States1061:3,419,424193,489
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Israel321:267,42624,032
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kleefeld Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kleefeld surname means 'clover field'.

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Kleefeld Last Name Facts

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

Kleefeld is found most frequently in Germany. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kleefeld? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kleefeld is the 422,155th most common family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,876,426 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Kleefeld reside; 76 percent reside in Western Europe and 76 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Kleefeld is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 622 people, or 1 in 129,430. In Germany Kleefeld is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Kleefeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kleefeld has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,767 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kleefeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kleefeld last name are 30.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84.21% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kleefeld earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 8.63% less than the national average, earning 316,218 kr per year; in United States they earn 42.42% more than the national average, earning $61,454 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $48,289 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kleefeldt94169/
Kleefield9429/
Klefeld9319/
Kleifeld8884/
Klefeldt8818/
Klefelds883/
Kleefled883/
Kleepfel881/
Klefel861/
Kleifield8264/
Klevfeldt821/
Kloepfeld820/
Kleffel80584/
Klefelt8018/
Klepfel8015/
Klifeld805/
Kleifel801/
Källefeldt784/
Kleifelt756/
Klipfeld751/
Klepfelt750/
Klifel711/
Klipfel671,932/
Kliffel6726/
Klofelt6718/
Klipffel6337/
Klipfell637/
Cleofild631/
Cleupfel630/
Clipfeld630/
Klissfel630/
Clepfiel630/
Clayfield59826/
Claufield591/
Cliffel5391/
Clipfel531/
Clipfell5098/
Clipffel5021/
Clitfell501/
Cliffell501/
Clipfiel500/

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