Kerkau Surname
Approximately 343 people bear this surname
Kerkau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 205 | 1:392,710 | 36,539 |
| United States | 123 | 1:2,946,821 | 172,836 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Kerkau Demographics
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Kerkau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerkau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kerkau occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerkau? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 812,930th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 21,246,490 people. The last name Kerkau is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Kerkau live; 60 percent live in Western Europe and 60 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 392,710. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 44 percent live, Bavaria, where 14 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 9 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Kerkau Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kerkau last name are 31.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.85% being registered to vote for the party.
Kerkau earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.21% less than the national average, earning $37,450 USD 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 Kerkau
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