Körfgen Surname

634,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 481 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Körfgen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Körfgen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4791:168,07019,839
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Körfgen Last Name Facts

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

Körfgen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Körfgen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Körfgen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Körfgen is the 634,180th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,150,823 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Körfgen reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 479 people, or 1 in 168,070. In Germany Körfgen is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent live, Bavaria, where 5 percent live and Hesse, where 5 percent live. Outside of Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kürfgen864/
Koerfgen8065/
Kuerfgen807/
Korfhagen7540/
Kerfien71162/
Karfgin7138/
Kerfein711/
Kerffsen670/
Corfeyn571/
Krivigin53693/
Krivogin53185/
Korvegin538/
Krivegin538/
Karvegin532/
Krivogina50231/
Korvegina5088/
Krivegina5019/
Gruvhagen5016/
Karvegina5011/
Carphagen509/
Grevhagen505/
Garphagen503/
Krivigina503/
Cruvwagen501/
Korvyagin501/
Karavagin501/

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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 Körfgen
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