Kieffer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kieffer
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Met in Alsace-Lorraine, this name is the cooper craft (German Küfer).

How popular is Kieffer?

Kieffer is common in United States.

Kieffer is ranked 24078 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kieffer bearers increased by 5.801939 per cent in 2010 US census to 6656 since 2000, the surname slipped by 123 spots and ranked at 5241. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.16 95.69
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 1.94
Others 1.19 1.13
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.04 0.68
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.48 0.25
Black 0.45 0.3
Kieffer is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 21331 people have been found who wears Kieffer as their family name. Kieffer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
135,535 Australia9
6,462 Ivory Coast2
4,944 Bosnia2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
26,532 Chile2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
4,367 Afghanistan2
9,272 Ecuador2
900 Laos2
18,625 Japan2
2,309 Monaco1
4,249 Cambodia1
810,193 Indonesia1
897,276 Russia1
13,606 Senegal1
165,773 Belarus1
2,190 Barbados1
30,360 Thailand1
1,818 Guernsey1
7,941 Guatemala1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
38,830 Morocco1
6,688 Malawi1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,715 Gabon1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
66,560 Philippines1
3,307 Malta1
2,040 Mali1
40,340 Malaysia1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
49,869 Spain38
32,811 Sweden29
28,338 Norway20
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,725 Peru85
Countries with hundreds of Kieffer:
10,136 Germany975
11 Luxembourg752
1,758 Bolivia584
30,072 Brazil397
13,083 Canada291
18,962 Argentina284
4,547 Switzerland261
8,140 Austria157
21,011 Mexico157
17,680 Netherlands155
30,207 England151
12,863 Belgium141
4,517 Denmark133
39,125 South Africa128
62,979 Italy101
Countries with thousands of Kieffer:
640 France8,401
4,966 United States7,980
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Kieffer from Ireland aboard the Henry Hobbs from Cork on June 25, 1847 during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 28 years old when she arrived in USA.

Comments

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Mayra Sorber
Kieffer is a name very widespread Alsatian family, represents a derivative nickname Middle High German kiffen, scold, and designer of a grumpy man, querulous -can also represent a change Kuefer, profession name designating Cooper.

Kieffer Namesakes

  • Maximilian Kieffer, Golfer
  • Philip Kieffer, Actor
  • Douglas Kieffer, Electrician
  • Maximilian Kieffer, Golfer
  • Charles Kieffer, Olympic athlete
  • Susan Kieffer, Geologist
  • Andrea Kieffer, Politician
  • Thomas Kieffer, Musical Artist
  • Guy-André Kieffer, Journalist
  • Christian Kieffer, Politician
  • Bill Kieffer, from 2011 comedy, drama movie 3 Days in December, who portrayed the William Mitchell.

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