Klepfish Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Klepfish Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) A Yiddish version of Klippfisch (“stockfish”), cod or haddock, salted or dried. The bearer of this name was a merchant of this commodity.

Klepfish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
England41:13,929,515290,718
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Klepfish Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) A Yiddish version of Klippfisch (“stockfish”), cod or haddock, salted or dried. The bearer of this name was a merchant of this commodity.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Klepfish Last Name Facts

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

Klepfish (Russian: Клепфиш) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Klepfish? popularity and diffusion

The surname Klepfish is the 2,909,720th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Klepfish occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Klepfish are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 12,498,584. In The United States Klepfish is most frequent in: New York, where 52 percent are found, Arizona, where 24 percent are found and Maryland, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent are found and England, where 9 percent are found.

Klepfish Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Klepfish are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the political party.

Klepfish earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.4% less than the national average, earning $41,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Klepfisch9415/
Klepish938/
Klefisch88484/
Klepfisz8825/
Klapfish888/
Klehpish880/
Kleefish880/
Kleppish880/
Klepis8613/
Klpish864/
Kleefisch82710/
Klepitsch82137/
Kleppisch8229/
Klepeis80162/
Klapish8081/
Klepich8037/
Klespis8034/
Klepise8013/
Clefish807/
Kleefis802/
Klepisz801/
Klepysh801/
Klopish800/
Klepishova781/
Klepi7713/
Klefi772/
Klepeisz75101/
Clefisch7597/
Kleppich7577/
Klapisch7567/
Klepitch7545/
Klepeiss7532/
Klepesch7514/
Clapfish753/
Kleepies751/
Kleespis751/
Kleppies751/
Klappish750/
Klepic71225/
Kelpis71122/
Kloppisch7171/
Klepiš7140/
Klapis7129/
Kleppi7126/
Kilpis7125/
Klepei7122/
Klepai7121/
Kleschpis7112/
Klesfi7111/
Klepes7110/
Khlefi716/
Klepys711/
Klofis711/
Klopis711/
Klepfe711/
Klepiz711/
Clepis711/
Klepisova711/
Kleespeis711/
Klpfes710/
Klepets67653/
Klapisz6772/
Klepees6732/
Kleppetsch6729/
Klipich6721/
Klappis6721/
Khleifi6718/
Klefges6718/
Clapish6715/
Klippis6713/
Klepych6712/
Klapysh677/
Klepeys675/
Kliapis673/
Khleyfi672/
Klepher672/
Klepfet672/
Kelppis671/
Klapijs671/
Klpi671/
Cleofis671/
Khliefi671/
Kleppie671/
Kleppes671/
Clefesh671/
Khlifis671/
Kliafis671/
Klfi670/

Klepfish Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Klepfish in the Russian language
Клепфишklepfis-

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