Kniephoff Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Kniephoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Kniephoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kniephoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kniephoff has its highest incidence in Germany. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kniephoff? popularity and diffusion
Kniephoff is the 2,414,640th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. Kniephoff occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kniephoff are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,298,475. In Germany Kniephoff is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 26 percent are found, Hamburg, where 23 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Kniephoff exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 2 percent are found.
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Kniephoff Reference & Research
Kniephoff FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Kniephoff
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis