Kerlen Surname

1,048,281st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 239 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kerlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany651:1,238,54679,660
France521:1,277,360130,443
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
United States281:12,944,962483,512
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
England141:3,979,861125,553
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Kerlen (771) may also be a first name.

Kerlen Last Name Facts

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

Kerlen is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kerlen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerlen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,048,281st most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Kerlen reside; 69 percent reside in Western Europe and 48 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Kerlen is also the 295,600th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 771 people.

Kerlen is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 1,238,546. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 9 percent reside and Hesse, where 8 percent reside. Other than Germany Kerlen occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in France, where 22 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 20 percent reside.

Kerlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kerlen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kerlen surname decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kerlen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kerlen last name are 25.96% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 72.73% registered with the party.

Kerlen earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.01% less than the national average, earning $41,852 USD per year.

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kerlen
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