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

Kneiff is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kneiff.

How Common Is The Last Name Kneiff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kneiff is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Kneiff live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany it is mostly found in: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 56 percent live and Bavaria, where 44 percent live. Beside Germany this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Slovakia, where 5 percent live.

Kneiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kneiff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kneiff last name fell 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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