Kerkering Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kerkering Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerkering Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1621:496,94742,561
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Kerkering Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerkering occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkering? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,041,601st most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Kerkering reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 162 people, or 1 in 496,947. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 98 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 1 percent are found. Barring Germany Kerkering is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.

Kerkering Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kerkering has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 770 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kerkering Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kerkering surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.62% being registered with the political party.

Kerkering earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.78% more than the national average, earning $54,272 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 Kerkering
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