Kuffen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kuffen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kuffen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Küffen (57) are calculated separately.

Kuffen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kuffen is found in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Küffen. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kuffen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Kuffen live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Kuffen is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 2,814,529. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Limburg, where 100 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 14 percent reside.

Kuffen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kuffen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Küffen9457/
Kuyffen928/
Kuffend922/
Kuiffen921/
Kueffen921/
Kufen9186/
Kiffen831,985/
Keufen83169/
Kaufen8312/
Cuffen836/
Koufen831/
Kuffin831/
Kauffn830/
Kuefen830/
Kufn801/
Kauffin7731/
Koeffen771/
Kuffing771/
Kuiffin770/
Kufin7364/
Küfen7324/
Kufyn734/
Kifen732/
Kkufn731/
Kiffin67584/
Cuffin67144/
Kufina6753/
Kiefen6721/
Koufin6716/
Kutfin676/
Kufyna676/
Cuifen673/
Kaufin672/
Kifeen671/
Kufinn670/

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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 Kuffen
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