Köfter Surname
Approximately 141 people bear this surname
Köfter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 140 | 1:555,867 | 30,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kofter (2) are calculated separately.
Köfter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Köfter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Köfter is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Kofter. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Köfter? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,491,356th most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. The last name Köfter occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Köfter are found; 91 percent are found in West Asia and 91 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is borne by 140 people, or 1 in 555,867. In Turkey Köfter is most common in: Afyonkarahisar Province, where 21 percent are found, Eskisehir Province, where 18 percent are found and Izmir Province, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Turkey this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Köfter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Köfter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Köfter surname decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Köfter
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