Karchner Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Karchner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karchner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3671:987,62773,174
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1561:321,91525,142

The alternate forms: Kärchner (46) are calculated separately.

Karchner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karchner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Karchner occurs most in The United States. It may also appear as: Kärchner. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karchner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 772,238th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The surname Karchner is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Karchner live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Karchner is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 987,627. In The United States Karchner is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 54 percent are found, Ohio, where 10 percent are found and North Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Karchner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Karchner has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 235 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Karchner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Karchner surname are 11.89% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 65.12% being registered to vote for the party.

Karchner earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17% less than the national average, earning $35,812 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karchner
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