Krieft Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Krieft Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 319 | 1:252,368 | 27,308 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Krieft Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Krieft Come From? nationality or country of origin
Krieft occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Krieft? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 851,613th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Krieft live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Krieft is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 319 people, or 1 in 252,368. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 96 percent live, Bavaria, where 2 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 0 percent live and Thailand, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kreft | 91 | 14,773 | / |
| Krief | 91 | 2,673 | / |
| Krift | 91 | 104 | / |
| Kreeft | 83 | 1,434 | / |
| Krefft | 83 | 1,163 | / |
| Kraeft | 83 | 692 | / |
| Krifft | 83 | 74 | / |
| Krieff | 83 | 65 | / |
| Krehft | 83 | 10 | / |
| Kraift | 83 | 2 | / |
| Krefts | 83 | 2 | / |
| Kreaft | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kresft | 83 | 1 | / |
| Khrief | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kreift | 83 | 0 | / |
| Kraefft | 77 | 122 | / |
| Kreefft | 77 | 66 | / |
| Krrieff | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kruft | 73 | 1,006 | / |
| Kräft | 73 | 775 | / |
| Creft | 73 | 140 | / |
| Crift | 73 | 55 | / |
| Crief | 73 | 25 | / |
| Kriev | 73 | 3 | / |
| Krebt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krevt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Krewt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kréft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kraiphet | 71 | 65 | / |
| Kriftová | 71 | 3 | / |
| Krievs | 67 | 377 | / |
| Kriews | 67 | 97 | / |
| Krivts | 67 | 40 | / |
| Krauft | 67 | 27 | / |
| Krufft | 67 | 11 | / |
| Krevtz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Krivtz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Crieff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Crifts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krieev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krefftová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kräfft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kruyft | 67 | 1 | / |
| Creftt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Krouft | 67 | 0 | / |
| Krivht | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Krieft
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