The Kipfer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 602 people carried this name — #35,387 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 454,500 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,090 people named Kipfer live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 104 people named Kipfer.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kipfer.
- Kinder 10,083 · U.S. census
- Kindler 1,166 · U.S. census
- Kindt 1,361 · U.S. census
- King 438,986 · U.S. census
- Kint 469 · U.S. census
- Kintz 1,632 · U.S. census
- Kipp 5,978 · U.S. census
- Kipper 948 · U.S. census
- Kirch 1,550 · U.S. census
- Kircher 3,262 · U.S. census
- Kirchhoff 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kirchmann 278 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kipfer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.