Kurfess Surname

864,701st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 314 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Kurfess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurfess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2021:1,794,351117,764
Germany1061:759,48556,711
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Kurfess Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurfess is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurfess? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 864,701st most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 23,208,745 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Kurfess live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Kurfess is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 1,794,351. In The United States Kurfess is most prevalent in: California, where 24 percent reside, Ohio, where 17 percent reside and Washington, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States Kurfess occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 34 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Kurfess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kurfess has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kurfess last name expanded 1,063 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kurfess Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kurfess last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

Kurfess earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 37.23% more than the national average, earning $59,214 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurfes920/
Kurfiss86183/
Kurfees86136/
Kurfehs8632/
Kurfies860/
Kurfeist800/
Kurfis77161/
Kurfer7757/
Kurfeß7745/
Korfes7719/
Khurfe771/
Curfiss7160/
Kurfist7114/
Kurfeyz717/
Kurfieß711/
Kourfed711/
Kurfi67165/
Korfe67117/
Kurfa678/
Kurfisch676/
Kurfuist670/

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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 Kurfess
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