Kniphoff Surname

731,961st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 396 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Kniphoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kniphoff Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil3931:544,71820,417
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Kniphoff Last Name Facts

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

Kniphoff is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kniphoff? popularity and diffusion

Kniphoff is the 731,961st most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Kniphoff reside; 99 percent reside in South America and 99 percent reside in Luso-South America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is carried by 393 people, or 1 in 544,718. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 52 percent live, Paraná, where 32 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 7 percent live. Besides Brazil this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent live and Italy, where 0 percent live.

Kniphoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kniphoff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kniphoff last name fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Kniphoff
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