Köfer Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Köfer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Köfer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria2691:31,6565,100
Germany1561:516,06143,667
Switzerland851:96,62310,422
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

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 last name Köfer is held by more people in Austria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Kofer. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Köfer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 602,749th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 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.

This last name is most common in Austria, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 31,656. In Austria Köfer is primarily found in: Carinthia, where 64 percent reside, Styria, where 18 percent reside and Vienna, where 7 percent reside. Besides Austria Köfer exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 30 percent reside and Switzerland, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kofer93255/
Köpfer91798/
Köffer9174/
Khöfer911/
Köfe8987/
Käfer804,805/
Kafer803,116/
Kefer801,485/
Kéfer8080/
Keefer7314,036/
Keffer734,808/
Kapfer734,348/
Kaefer732,559/
Kaffer731,737/
Kopfer73555/
Koffer73369/
Kepfer73273/
Kafier73119/
Käfert7374/
Koefer7361/
Keufer7348/
Käffer7336/
Khafer739/
Khofer736/
Kuifer735/
Kafeer735/
Kahfer735/
Kovfer732/
Kavfer732/
Kefeir731/
Käpfer731/
Kaferr731/
Kefeer731/
Kefier731/
Khefer731/
Kofier731/
Kawfer730/
Kafe673,092/
Kefe67779/
Kofe67673/
Koepfer67354/
Keuffer67179/
Kaeffer67109/
Keepfer6774/
Koeffer6756/
Keeffer6736/
Kahafer6733/
Kapffer6728/
Kaffier6711/
Khafeer676/
Kaffehr676/
Khoffer674/
Keefeer673/
Koffier672/
Kefferr671/
Keffier671/
Khaefer671/
Kaffeer671/
Käpfert671/
Kuiffer671/
Khaffer671/
Kuipfer671/
Keefier670/
Kophfer670/
Keffeer670/
Keupfer670/

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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
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