Klefer Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Klefer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Klefer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Klefer (10) may also be a first name.

Klefer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Klefer occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Klefer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Klefer live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Klefer is most numerous in: Hesse, where 57 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 14 percent live. Not including Germany Klefer exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 36 percent live and Brazil, where 7 percent live.

Klefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Klefer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Klefer last name expanded 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
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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 Klefer
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