Kerchhoff Surname

963,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kerchhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerchhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2511:215,84722,737
England141:3,979,861125,553
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Kerchhoff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerchhoff is most common in South Africa. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerchhoff? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kerchhoff is the 963,821st most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,990,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Kerchhoff reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 251 people, or 1 in 215,847. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 82 percent live, Gauteng, where 10 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent live. Apart from South Africa it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.

Kerchhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kerchhoff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kerchhoff Last Name Statistics demography

Kerchhoff earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 2.14% less than the national average, earning R 232,548 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Kerchhoff
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