Kloft Surname
Approximately 1,085 people bear this surname
Kloft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 852 | 1:94,490 | 11,784 |
| United States | 192 | 1:1,887,807 | 122,674 |
| Netherlands | 22 | 1:767,599 | 58,330 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Kloft Demographics
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Kloft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kloft Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kloft (Russian: Клофт) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kloft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 338,992nd most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,716,632 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Kloft live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 852 people, or 1 in 94,490. In Germany Kloft is mostly concentrated in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 40 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 20 percent live and Hesse, where 20 percent live. Barring Germany this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 18 percent live and The Netherlands, where 2 percent live.
Kloft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kloft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kloft last name grew 2,133 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kloft Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kloft surname are 37.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kloft earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 32.67% more than the national average, earning R 315,276 per year and in United States they earn 7.72% less than the national average, earning $39,820 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kloft Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kloft in the Russian language | ||
| Клофт | kloft | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kloft
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