Kliffen Surname

1,202,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 196 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kliffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kliffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1841:91,77815,089
England61:9,286,343223,652
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Kliffen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kliffen is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kliffen? popularity and diffusion

Kliffen is the 1,202,518th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kliffen are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kliffen is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 91,778. In The Netherlands Kliffen is most prevalent in: North Holland, where 52 percent are found, South Holland, where 22 percent are found and Gelderland, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The Netherlands this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and New Zealand, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cliffen8698/
Kleffen862/
Klifin772/
Cliffin7179/
Cleffen710/
Kluffin710/
Killheffen710/
Klaiphen672/
Khlaiphen63166/
Klaiphaen631/
Clufen626/
Clefen621/
Khlaipheng59232/
Khlaiphaen5944/
Klefing5713/
Cleffin570/
Kleatfin531/

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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 Kliffen
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