Kemnitz Surname

132,685th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kemnitz Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Kemnitz (stone), the name of various places in Germany.

Kemnitz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,7691:45,5095,970
United States1,2511:289,73526,899
Poland2501:152,03521,611
Denmark361:156,79813,614
England261:2,143,00282,017
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Israel91:950,84857,975
Norway71:734,61250,907
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

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.

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

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kemmnitz9327/
Kiemnitz931/
Kemneitz931/
Kemniz923/
Kaemmnitz8812/
Kemnetz86163/
Kämnitz8662/
Kemnits8623/
Kamnitz8620/
Komnitz866/
Cemnitz861/
Kimnitz860/
Kämmnitz807/
Kemnic7764/
Chemmnitz750/
Camnitz7154/
Kamnetz7146/
Kiemnic7111/
Kemnyts711/
Kamnits710/
Chemnits670/
Kemnec6210/
Kamnić626/
Comnaiz5728/
Kiemnec5726/
Khymenets50127/
Khymenyts503/
Kaimenets501/

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