Kneiff Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kneiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kneiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Kneiff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kneiff is found most in Germany. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kneiff? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Kneiff is mostly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Kneiff are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 56 percent are found and Bavaria, where 44 percent are found. Apart from Germany Kneiff occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent are found and Slovakia, where 5 percent are found.

Kneiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kneiff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kneiff surname declined 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kneff91138/
Kniff91115/
Kneif91109/
Knijff83588/
Knoeff83147/
Knieff83110/
Khneif839/
Kneift831/
Kneife831/
Kneief831/
Kniffe830/
Kneipf830/
Knef80108/
Knif8091/
Kenniff77195/
Kinniff7740/
Kenneff7720/
Kneeffe771/
Kinneff770/
Knief731,430/
Knife731,042/
Knaff73783/
Knoef73353/
Knijf73188/
Khnef73110/
Knyff7378/
Knipf7368/
Knuif7362/
Knefz7337/
Knifh738/
Khnif736/
Knepf735/
Qneif734/
Kneef734/
Knaif732/
Knifs732/
Knefs731/
Knift730/
Kneiw730/
Knoihoff7118/
Kenneuff710/
Kinniffe710/
Knauff672,798/
Knouff67512/
Knijft6734/
Kneefe6728/
Khneef676/
Kniepf675/
Kennif674/
Khnife671/
Quneif671/
Kennef671/
K'Neib671/
Kinnif670/
Knefsz670/

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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 Kneiff
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