Kershoff Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kershoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kershoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2201:246,26225,099
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Kershoff Last Name Facts

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

Kershoff occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kershoff? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kershoff are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Kershoff is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 220 people, or 1 in 246,262. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 74 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Kershoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kershoff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kershoff last name decreased 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kershoff Last Name Statistics demography

Kershoff earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 91.47% more than the national average, earning R 455,004 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
  • 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 Kershoff
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