Kelchner Surname

306,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,233 people bear this surname

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

Kelchner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kelchner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1901:304,58728,026
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2711:185,30916,412

Kelchner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kelchner is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kelchner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kelchner is the 306,572nd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,910,418 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of Kelchner reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,190 people, or 1 in 304,587. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 32 percent are found, Florida, where 7 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent are found and Japan, where 0 percent are found.

Kelchner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kelchner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kelchner last name rose 439 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kelchner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kelchner are 9.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.79% registered with the party.

Kelchner earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.15% more than the national average, earning $45,371 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kelchnner940/
Keltchner940/
Kalchner8819/
Klechner884/
Kilchner881/
Kltchner881/
Kelshner880/
Kletchner821/
Keelshner820/
Kelsner8022/
Klecner803/
Kleczner752/
Klesner67152/
Klejner6780/
Kölzner6733/
Celzner6719/
Celsner677/
Klezner672/
Clecner672/
Kleßner671/
Kilzner671/
Kelsney671/
Kilsner670/

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Kelchner Reference & Research

KELTNER (and all var FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kelchner
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis