Keefer Surname Guide

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Keefer, so the heraldry linked to Kiefer is a starting point, not an automatic right.

The meaning behind Keefer

Clerks wrote Kiefer in many ways, and Keefer is one that stuck. Its meaning, shared with Kiefer, is “Pine / cooper”.

Keefer writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Kiefer, a typical scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Kuefer, Kieffer and Küfer. The 2010 census count for Keefer in the United States was 9,552, good for rank 3,713.

Want more than a summary? See the Keefer family name pack.