Kerkhofs Surname
Approximately 2,960 people bear this surname
Kerkhofs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 2,143 | 1:5,365 | 635 |
| Netherlands | 726 | 1:23,261 | 3,729 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 1:174,166 | 18,836 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Kerkhofs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerkhofs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerkhofs occurs in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerkhofs? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 149,249th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,462,009 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Kerkhofs are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Kerkhofs is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 2,143 people, or 1 in 5,365. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent live, Walloon Region, where 8 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Belgium this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.
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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
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