Kreff Surname
Approximately 449 people bear this surname
Kreff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 314 | 1:681,765 | 25,128 |
| Argentina | 115 | 1:371,682 | 28,832 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Kreff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kreff Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kreff occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kreff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 667,223rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,230,615 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Kreff reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 70 percent reside in Luso-South America.
Kreff is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 681,765. In Brazil Kreff is primarily found in: Santa Catarina, where 53 percent are found, Paraná, where 19 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 26 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Kreff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Kreff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kreff surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krefft | 91 | 1,163 | / |
| Kroeff | 91 | 399 | / |
| Kreiff | 91 | 76 | / |
| Krieff | 91 | 65 | / |
| Kraeff | 91 | 21 | / |
| Kreffe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Kref | 89 | 3 | / |
| Kreefft | 83 | 66 | / |
| Krrieff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Krief | 80 | 2,673 | / |
| Creff | 80 | 757 | / |
| Kreif | 80 | 549 | / |
| Kerff | 80 | 211 | / |
| Kroef | 80 | 205 | / |
| Kröff | 80 | 32 | / |
| Kriff | 80 | 31 | / |
| Krepf | 80 | 24 | / |
| Kreef | 80 | 9 | / |
| Kraef | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kreaf | 80 | 6 | / |
| Krefe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gkref | 80 | 2 | / |
| Krefs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Qreff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kredf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kretf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kirff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kryff | 80 | 0 | / |
| Kruyff | 73 | 119 | / |
| Krifft | 73 | 74 | / |
| Croeff | 73 | 24 | / |
| Krehft | 73 | 10 | / |
| Krijff | 73 | 8 | / |
| Kruiff | 73 | 7 | / |
| Khreif | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kreefe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kreife | 73 | 2 | / |
| K'Reif | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kräfft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khreef | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreaft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krioff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Craeff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Crieff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreupf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khrief | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kresft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kreift | 73 | 0 | / |
| Creffs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kerf | 67 | 655 | / |
| Krif | 67 | 639 | / |
| Kruijff | 67 | 415 | / |
| Kirf | 67 | 113 | / |
| Krev | 67 | 53 | / |
| Kärf | 67 | 40 | / |
| Krew | 67 | 37 | / |
| Kyrf | 67 | 34 | / |
| Kräf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kjrf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kryf | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kreff
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