Korf Surname

82,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,887 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Korf Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) From the German Korf (“basket”). A basket maker.

Korf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,9871:40,5165,345
Netherlands1,1791:14,3232,141
United States1,1161:324,78429,552
South Africa4771:113,58013,626
Russia4711:305,99431,219
Czechia1501:70,89011,910
Ukraine1211:376,22146,054
Poland911:417,67944,209
Uzbekistan491:631,20713,568
Estonia421:31,4725,782
Belarus321:296,90833,328
Canada311:1,188,56786,017
Denmark271:209,06416,975
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
England111:5,065,278148,650
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
France81:8,302,840321,660
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
China21:683,660,78330,601
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

Korf Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) From the German Korf (“basket”). A basket maker.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Korf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Korf (Russian: Корф) is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Korf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Korf is the 82,341st most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,237,905 people. Korf is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Korf live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 54 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 1,987 people, or 1 in 40,516. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 46 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Hamburg, where 7 percent live. Apart from Germany Korf exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 20 percent live and The United States, where 19 percent live.

Korf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Korf has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Korf surname expanded 970 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Korf Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Korf surname is principally Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Korf last name are 16.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.14% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Korf earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 107.54% more than the national average, earning R 493,200 per year; in United States they earn 10% more than the national average, earning $47,464 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.38% more than the national average, earning $55,336 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Korff895,845/
Korfe89117/
Khorf894/
Koerf893/
Kohrf892/
Korfs891/
Korffs801/
Korfft801/
Korpff801/
Kerf75655/
Karf75106/
Corf75106/
Korv7552/
Kärf7540/
Korw7511/
Kurf754/
Korfová73142/
Korfova738/
Karpf672,719/
Karfe671,160/
Corfe67567/
Kerff67211/
Corff67120/
Kaurf6745/
Kerpf6738/
Karff6737/
Kharf6722/
Kherf6721/
Koerv6712/
Corfs6710/
Korph676/
Kürff673/
Kärpf673/
Khurf672/
Kerfh672/
Khorv671/
Korwh671/
Kaerf671/
Khorb671/
Koorv671/
Korvh671/
Corft671/
Corrf671/
Kqorv671/
Khoosrff671/
Korvs671/
Korrv671/
Korbø671/
Kurff670/

Korf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Korf in the Russian language
Корфkorf-

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