Kassner Surname

99,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,736 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kassner Surname Definition:

(German, Dutch) The manager of a granary; one who made cabinets.

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Kassner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,9091:27,6753,648
United States1,1651:311,12428,524
Brazil2131:1,005,04435,543
Poland1991:190,99925,806
Canada801:460,57039,784
England421:1,326,62059,571
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
Denmark261:217,10417,438
Austria111:774,13064,097
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States831:605,04440,538

The alternate forms: Kässner (67) are calculated separately.

Kassner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German, Dutch) The manager of a granary; one who made cabinets.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname describes a person from Kassen, Czech Republic.

- Johannes Heinz Michels

Kassner Last Name Facts

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

Kassner (Russian: Касснер) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Kässner. For other potential spellings of Kassner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kassner? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 99,851st most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,538,755 people. Kassner occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Kassner live; 62 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 2,909 people, or 1 in 27,675. In Germany Kassner is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 17 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany Kassner exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Brazil, where 4 percent reside.

Kassner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kassner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kassner last name expanded 1,404 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kassner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kassner last name are 20.17% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.94% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kassner earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 271.76% more than the national average, earning R 883,440 per year; in United States they earn 11.03% more than the national average, earning $47,909 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.22% more than the national average, earning $59,727 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kassner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kassner in the Russian language
Касснерkassner-

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Kassner Reference & Research

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