Where Does The Last Name Kearns Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Kearns is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kearns click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kearns? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 14,883^rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 194,656 people. The surname Kearns occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Kearns live; 61 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Kearns is also the 1,075,395^th most frequently used forename world-wide, held by 80 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 20,478 people, or 1 in 17,700. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 9 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States Kearns occurs in 62 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Ireland, where 11 percent reside.

Kearns Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Kearns has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 585 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 515 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 149 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 773 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,075 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kearns Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kearns surname are 10.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.62% registered with the political party.

The amount Kearns earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.33% more than the national average, earning R 361,992 per year; in United States they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $45,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.2% more than the national average, earning $53,758 CAD per year.