Kerkhoff Surname
Approximately 7,571 people bear this surname
Kerkhoff Surname Definition:
(Dutch/Flemish), Churchyard. (variant: Capelle and Chiesa.)
Read More About This SurnameKerkhoff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,943 | 1:20,417 | 2,706 |
| Netherlands | 1,147 | 1:14,723 | 2,214 |
| United States | 1,120 | 1:323,624 | 29,464 |
| Brazil | 903 | 1:237,070 | 9,144 |
| Canada | 207 | 1:177,998 | 17,780 |
| South Africa | 82 | 1:660,704 | 48,422 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Argentina | 26 | 1:1,643,977 | 88,124 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Austria | 16 | 1:532,215 | 49,801 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 27 | 1:902,791 | 38,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 67 | 1:749,533 | 47,599 |
Kerkhoff Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch/Flemish), Churchyard. (variant: Capelle and Chiesa.)
User-submitted Reference
In "Lower German", a language that was spoken North of the line from Calais to Königsberg, Kerkhoff means church yard. In Dutch it still does. The name was given to the man that took care of the cemetary.
- wolkenbergKerkhoff Demographics
Average Male Kerkhoff Height
176.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kerkhoff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerkhoff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerkhoff is most common in Germany. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerkhoff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kerkhoff is the 65,914th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 962,561 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Kerkhoff live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 3,943 people, or 1 in 20,417. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Berlin, where 2 percent live. Besides Germany this last name is found in 31 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Kerkhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kerkhoff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,672 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Kerkhoff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kerkhoff surname are 32.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.31% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kerkhoff earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 25.34% less than the national average, earning S/. 14,472 per year; in South Africa they earn 37.59% more than the national average, earning R 326,976 per year; in United States they earn 21.26% more than the national average, earning $52,321 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.29% less than the national average, earning $48,547 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Kerkhoff
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis