Kerkhoff Surname

65,914th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,571 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kerkhoff Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), Churchyard. (variant: Capelle and Chiesa.)

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Kerkhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,9431:20,4172,706
Netherlands1,1471:14,7232,214
United States1,1201:323,62429,464
Brazil9031:237,0709,144
Canada2071:177,99817,780
South Africa821:660,70448,422
England491:1,137,10353,999
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Austria161:532,21549,801
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Wales51:618,90625,852
France41:16,605,680368,153
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Paraguay21:3,618,37313,977
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States671:749,53347,599

Kerkhoff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), Churchyard. (variant: Capelle and Chiesa.)

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

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.

- wolkenberg

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.

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