Koft Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Denmark

Koft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Koft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia361:4,003,418194,829
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Koft Last Name Facts

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

Koft (Russian: Кофт) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Koft? popularity and diffusion

Koft is the 2,034,059th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Koft are found; 39 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 39 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Russia, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,003,418. In Russia it is primarily concentrated in: Leningrad Oblast, where 22 percent reside, Saint Petersburg, where 22 percent reside and Krasnodar Krai, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Russia this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside and Germany, where 12 percent reside.

Koft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Koft has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Koft surname expanded 467 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Koft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Koft last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.

Koft earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.48% less than the national average, earning $35,605 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kosft896/
Kofte892/
Kopft891/
Koeft891/
Kofts890/
Khofte801/
Keft75152/
Kaft7519/
Kovt7512/
Coft7512/
Kowt757/
Qoft751/
Koftova738/
Köfte67205/
Kafte678/
Khovt674/
Qofte671/
Khaft671/
Kheft671/
Cofts671/
Cofte671/
Kosvt671/
Kovte671/
Kobht671/
Kefth671/
Kafft670/
Kowtt670/
Kauft670/
Cooft670/
Coftt670/

Koft Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Koft in the Russian language
Кофтkoft-

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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 Koft
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