Kemnitz Surname
Approximately 3,401 people bear this surname
Kemnitz Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Kemnitz (stone), the name of various places in Germany.
Kemnitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,769 | 1:45,509 | 5,970 |
| United States | 1,251 | 1:289,735 | 26,899 |
| Poland | 250 | 1:152,035 | 21,611 |
| Denmark | 36 | 1:156,798 | 13,614 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 102 | 1:492,340 | 34,768 |
Kemnitz Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Kemnitz (stone), the name of various places in Germany.
Kemnitz Demographics
Average Kemnitz Salary in
United States
$45,860 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kemnitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kemnitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kemnitz occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kemnitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Kemnitz? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,685th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,142,766 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Kemnitz reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 52 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname Kemnitz is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,769 people, or 1 in 45,509. In Germany it is most frequent in: Berlin, where 25 percent live, Brandenburg, where 22 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 37 percent live and Poland, where 7 percent live.
Kemnitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Kemnitz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kemnitz last name increased 1,226 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kemnitz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kemnitz surname are 21.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.56% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kemnitz earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 6.28% more than the national average, earning $45,860 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.72% less than the national average, earning $36,905 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kemmnitz | 93 | 27 | / |
| Kiemnitz | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kemneitz | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kemniz | 92 | 3 | / |
| Kaemmnitz | 88 | 12 | / |
| Kemnetz | 86 | 163 | / |
| Kämnitz | 86 | 62 | / |
| Kemnits | 86 | 23 | / |
| Kamnitz | 86 | 20 | / |
| Komnitz | 86 | 6 | / |
| Cemnitz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kimnitz | 86 | 0 | / |
| Kämmnitz | 80 | 7 | / |
| Kemnic | 77 | 64 | / |
| Chemmnitz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Camnitz | 71 | 54 | / |
| Kamnetz | 71 | 46 | / |
| Kiemnic | 71 | 11 | / |
| Kemnyts | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kamnits | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chemnits | 67 | 0 | / |
| Kemnec | 62 | 10 | / |
| Kamnić | 62 | 6 | / |
| Comnaiz | 57 | 28 | / |
| Kiemnec | 57 | 26 | / |
| Khymenets | 50 | 127 | / |
| Khymenyts | 50 | 3 | / |
| Kaimenets | 50 | 1 | / |
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kemnitz
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