Kershner Surname

92,823rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kershner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kershner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9991:72,5068,376
Israel791:108,32412,251
Russia201:7,206,153275,629
England181:3,095,448105,421
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9311:53,9416,070

Kershner (15) may also be a first name.

Kershner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kershner (Russian: Кершнер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kershner? popularity and diffusion

Kershner is the 92,823rd most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,416,157 people. Kershner occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Kershner are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Kershner is also the 2,900,335th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname Kershner is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 4,999 people, or 1 in 72,506. In The United States it is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 15 percent live, Maryland, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 0 percent live.

Kershner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kershner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kershner surname grew 537 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kershner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kershner surname are 15.11% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.88% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kershner earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,517 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.22% more than the national average, earning $50,290 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kershner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kershner in the Russian language
Кершнерkersner-

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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 Kershner
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