Kloof Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Kloof Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suriname | 147 | 1:3,759 | 747 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Kloof Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kloof Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kloof is carried by more people in Suriname than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Kloof.
How Common Is The Last Name Kloof? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,095,216th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. Kloof is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Kloof are found; 66 percent are found in South America and 66 percent are found in Gallo-Germanic South America.
This surname is most common in Suriname, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 3,759. Besides Suriname this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 27 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khloof | 91 | 1,652 | / |
| Klof | 89 | 93 | / |
| Klopf | 80 | 2,057 | / |
| Kloow | 80 | 37 | / |
| Cloof | 80 | 35 | / |
| Kloff | 80 | 33 | / |
| Klofe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Klouf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kluof | 80 | 1 | / |
| Klofs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Khlouf | 73 | 394 | / |
| Klofft | 73 | 37 | / |
| Kellof | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kleoff | 73 | 7 | / |
| Khloff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kloufe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kloiff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kloupf | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kluf | 67 | 160 | / |
| Kelloff | 67 | 121 | / |
| Klow | 67 | 112 | / |
| Klaf | 67 | 77 | / |
| Klov | 67 | 33 | / |
| Källoff | 67 | 16 | / |
| Klofová | 67 | 9 | / |
| Killofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Clof | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kloof
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