Kniffke Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Kniffke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 31 | 1:2,596,950 | 129,424 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Kniffke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kniffke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kniffke is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kniffke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kniffke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Kniffke live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 2,596,950. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Hamburg, where 45 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside and Hesse, where 16 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 24 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Kniffke
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