Kerkhofs Surname

149,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,960 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Kerkhofs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kerkhofs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2,1431:5,365635
Netherlands7261:23,2613,729
New Zealand261:174,16618,836
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Scotland101:535,38220,332
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
France21:33,211,361423,184
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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Kerkhofs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerkhofs occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kerkhofs.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkhofs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 149,249th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,462,009 people. Kerkhofs occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Kerkhofs live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 89 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 2,143 people, or 1 in 5,365. In Belgium Kerkhofs is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 89 percent live, Walloon Region, where 8 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and New Zealand, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerckhofs94855/
Kerkhoffs94260/
Kerhofs932/
Kerkofs931/
Kerckhoffs89673/
Kerchofs881/
Kerckofs881/
Kerkooffs823/
Kerchoffs821/
Kerckoffs821/
Kerkows800/
Kirchhofs7126/
Kirchhoffs677/
Cerkovs671/
Karkovs671/
Cirkovs5348/
Carkovs531/
Krekovce506/
Chirkovs501/
Karkovsh501/
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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
  • 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 Kerkhofs
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