Köfer Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Köfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 269 | 1:31,656 | 5,100 |
| Germany | 156 | 1:516,061 | 43,667 |
| Switzerland | 85 | 1:96,623 | 10,422 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Kofer (255) are calculated separately.
Köfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Köfer has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also appear in the variant forms: Kofer. For other possible spellings of Köfer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Köfer? popularity and diffusion
Köfer is the 602,749th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Köfer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Austria, where it is held by 269 people, or 1 in 31,656. In Austria Köfer is most frequent in: Carinthia, where 64 percent are found, Styria, where 18 percent are found and Vienna, where 7 percent are found. Barring Austria Köfer is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 30 percent are found and Switzerland, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kofer | 93 | 255 | / |
| Köpfer | 91 | 798 | / |
| Köffer | 91 | 74 | / |
| Khöfer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Köfe | 89 | 87 | / |
| Käfer | 80 | 4,805 | / |
| Kafer | 80 | 3,116 | / |
| Kefer | 80 | 1,485 | / |
| Kéfer | 80 | 80 | / |
| Keefer | 73 | 14,036 | / |
| Keffer | 73 | 4,808 | / |
| Kapfer | 73 | 4,348 | / |
| Kaefer | 73 | 2,559 | / |
| Kaffer | 73 | 1,737 | / |
| Kopfer | 73 | 555 | / |
| Koffer | 73 | 369 | / |
| Kepfer | 73 | 273 | / |
| Kafier | 73 | 119 | / |
| Käfert | 73 | 74 | / |
| Koefer | 73 | 61 | / |
| Keufer | 73 | 48 | / |
| Käffer | 73 | 36 | / |
| Khafer | 73 | 9 | / |
| Khofer | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kuifer | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kafeer | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kahfer | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kovfer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kavfer | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kefeir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Käpfer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kaferr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kefeer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kefier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khefer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kofier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kawfer | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kafe | 67 | 3,092 | / |
| Kefe | 67 | 779 | / |
| Kofe | 67 | 673 | / |
| Koepfer | 67 | 354 | / |
| Keuffer | 67 | 179 | / |
| Kaeffer | 67 | 109 | / |
| Keepfer | 67 | 74 | / |
| Koeffer | 67 | 56 | / |
| Keeffer | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kahafer | 67 | 33 | / |
| Kapffer | 67 | 28 | / |
| Kaffier | 67 | 11 | / |
| Khafeer | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kaffehr | 67 | 6 | / |
| Khoffer | 67 | 4 | / |
| Keefeer | 67 | 3 | / |
| Koffier | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kefferr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keffier | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaefer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaffeer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Käpfert | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuiffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kuipfer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keefier | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kophfer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keffeer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keupfer | 67 | 0 | / |
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Köfer Reference & Research
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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 Köfer
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis