Kerkin Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Kerkin Surname Definition:

From car-gwyn, the white rock.

Kerkin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia841:321,37727,634
England491:1,137,10353,999
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Kyrgyzstan171:351,33329,728
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Turkey71:11,117,346139,182
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:375,00623,176
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Kerkin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From car-gwyn, the white rock.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Kerkin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kerkin (Russian: Керкин) occurs most in Australia. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerkin? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,115,011th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname Kerkin occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Kerkin are found; 45 percent are found in Australasia and 45 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most numerous in Australia, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 321,377. In Australia it is primarily concentrated in: Queensland, where 86 percent are found, New South Wales, where 12 percent are found and Victoria, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Australia Kerkin occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in England, where 22 percent are found and Russia, where 12 percent are found.

Kerkin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kerkin has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kerkin last name declined 25 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 233 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it declined 20 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerkina9232/
Kherkin927/
Kerkien923/
Kaerkin921/
Kerking920/
Kerkiehn8612/
Kerzhkin861/
Kherkina861/
Korkin8311,143/
Kirkin831,439/
Karkin83936/
Krekin8371/
Kerken8324/
Kercin8317/
Cerkin8312/
Kyrkin8311/
Qerkin831/
Kerqin831/
Kerkinova802/
Kirkina77933/
Kharkin77912/
Khorkin77547/
Khrekin7713/
Kerkühn7713/
Kyrkina7711/
Kiorkin777/
Khirkin776/
Kirkcin771/
Kirkien771/
Khirkina7123/
Karkienė716/
Kirkienė713/
Khairkin713/
Kirkchin711/
Khyrkina711/
Kerkenne711/
Kuirkina711/
Corkin67867/
Carkin67363/
Korkyn67260/
Cirkin6797/
Kyrkyn6795/
Karkyn6723/
Krekyn6716/
Karqin6713/
Kirkinova676/
Körkün674/
Korqin671/
Qorkin671/
Qarkin671/
Crekin670/

Kerkin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerkin in the Russian language
Керкинkerkin-

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