Keifer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Keifer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Keifer

How popular is Keifer?

Keifer is common in United States.

Keifer is ranked 132006 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Keifers plummeted by 7.603041 per cent to 2309 since 2000 and slipped by 1692 spots and ranked at 13230. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.33 96.64
Hispanic or Latino 2.6 1.12
Others 1.65 0.84
Keifer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2967 people have been found who wears Keifer as their family name. Keifer have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
615,517 Russia6
118,441 Germany2
1,421 Saint Lucia1
7,941 Guatemala1
107,212 South Africa1
34,581 Chile1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
85,784 Australia19
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
16,052 Sweden58
Countries with thousands of Keifer:
12,885 United States2,706

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Michael Keifer was 26 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 21, 1851. He lived in Ireland where he worked as immigrant and took E. Dennison from Limerick. Immigrant Johanna Keifer, U Keifer, aged 4 months old, are others that migrated to US.

Keifer Namesakes

  • Tom Keifer, Vocalist
  • Tom Keifer, Vocalist
  • J. Warren Keifer, Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  • Elizabeth Keifer, Actress
  • Katsy Keifer, Baseball player
  • Emily Keifer, Film director
  • Jim Keifer, Game designer
  • Zach Keifer, Film Editor
  • Lee Keifer, Recording Engineer
  • Rick Keifer, Musical Artist

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