Kieffer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Kieffer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,656 people carried this name — #5,241 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 6,291 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 4,985 people named Kieffer.

88 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 84 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 88
Bas-Rhin 1,535
Moselle 1,191
Haut-Rhin 615
Paris 451
Meurthe-et-Moselle 169
Vosges 100
Marne 96
Territoire de Belfort 66

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 343 people named Kieffer live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 183
Córdoba 122
Tucumán 14
Buenos Aires Province 13
Misiones 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

123 people named Kieffer live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 30
Aargau 18
Vaud 16
Solothurn 11
Bern 11
Valais 8
Zug 5
Basel-Landschaft 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 23 people named Kieffer live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 23

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Kieffer in American newspapers,
1895–1913.

Newspaper page from The Pascagoula Democrat-star carrying the name Kieffer
The Pascagoula Democrat-star 1895-07-05
Newspaper page from Mineral Point Tribune carrying the name Kieffer
Mineral Point Tribune 1913-12-18
Newspaper page from The Southern Sentinel carrying the name Kieffer
The Southern Sentinel 1906-11-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,665 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kieffer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Daniel Kieffer
    Jean-Daniel Kieffer 1767–1833 · professor
  • Jeanne Kieffer
    Jeanne Kieffer 1872–1923
  • Apoline Kieffer d. 1673
  • Johann Jakob Kieffer 1814–1891 · architect
  • Frédéric Kieffer 1827–1927 · botanist
  • Fritz Kieffer 1854–1933 · poet

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Kieffer.

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