Kershen Surname

1,666,404th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Kershen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kershen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States791:4,588,088240,017
England191:2,932,529101,561
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kershen (188) may also be a first name.

Kershen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kershen (Russian: Кершен) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kershen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,666,404th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Kershen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Kershen reside; 82 percent reside in North America and 82 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 663,277th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 188 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 4,588,088. In The United States Kershen is most common in: Texas, where 42 percent live, New York, where 28 percent live and Michigan, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent live and Canada, where 15 percent live.

Kershen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kershen surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kershen earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 6.39% less than the national average, earning $40,391 USD per year and in Canada they earn 56.99% more than the national average, earning $77,995 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kershen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kershen in the Russian language
Кершенkersen-

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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 Kershen
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