Küfner Surname

255,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,546 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Küfner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Küfner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5111:53,2806,924
Czechia161:664,59262,292
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Kufner (3,991) are calculated separately.

Küfner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Küfner has its highest incidence in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kufner. For other potential spellings of Küfner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Küfner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 255,243rd most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,713,807 people. The last name Küfner occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Küfner are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Küfner is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 1,511 people, or 1 in 53,280. In Germany Küfner is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 68 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent reside and Thuringia, where 6 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kufner943,991/
Küffner921,762/
Kifner83171/
Küfnerová8018/
Kuffner771,855/
Kiefner771,022/
Kupfner77367/
Kuefner77220/
Kaufner77154/
Keufner7797/
Kiffner7760/
Koefner775/
Kűffner771/
Kufgner771/
Küffnerová7516/
Kifne731/
Kueffner71281/
Kieffner71225/
Kauffner7110/
Keuffner710/
Cufner67148/
Kufnerová67113/
Kufnerova673/
Kűfnerová671/
Kufnir671/
Kifney670/
Kaufnerová63109/
Kuffnerová6320/
Kaufnerova633/
Kiffney6265/
Cuffner622/
Kiffnney571/
Qeutfner570/
Kifni5575/
Khifni5032/

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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 Küfner
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