Kohlweyer Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kohlweyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kohlweyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany601:1,341,75884,137
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Kohlweyer Last Name Facts

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

Kohlweyer is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kohlweyer? popularity and diffusion

Kohlweyer is the 2,352,516th most frequently held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. The surname Kohlweyer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Kohlweyer live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Kohlweyer is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 1,341,758. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 28 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 23 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 20 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent reside and Poland, where 3 percent reside.

Kohlweyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kohlweyer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kohlweyer surname fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kohlweier8911/
Kohlwegger8410/
Kolweier8263/
Kohlweir821/
Kollweier7818/
Kohlbauer67675/
Colwier631/
Kalveer631/
Kolbauer5928/
Kalwoyar591/
Cohlbeur590/
Kollbauer5615/
Colbear50132/
Colvier5038/
Colveur501/
Kaluear501/
Calwaer500/

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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
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  • 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 Kohlweyer
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