Köpf Surname

130,388th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,470 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Köpf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Köpf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,8191:28,5583,759
Austria5771:14,7582,178
Hungary551:178,47815,519
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Kopf (15,372) are calculated separately.

Köpf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Köpf occurs most in Germany. It may be found as a variant: Kopf. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Köpf? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 130,388th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,100,157 people. Köpf is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Köpf are found; 98 percent are found in Western Europe and 98 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 2,819 people, or 1 in 28,558. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 54 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent reside and Hesse, where 2 percent reside. Other than Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 17 percent reside and Hungary, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kopf9215,372/
Köpff8962/
Köpfs891/
Köp8664/
Köpp752,672/
Köpe75127/
Köfe7587/
Kapf7559/
Köps7540/
Kepf7536/
Köppe675,076/
Kopff67684/
Koepf67532/
Kapff6756/
Köpps6753/
6710/
Kabpf671/
Kepff670/
Kephf670/
Koppf670/

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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 Köpf
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