Kersken Surname

655,080th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 460 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kersken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kersken Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4541:177,32520,795
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kersken Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kersken is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kersken? popularity and diffusion

Kersken is the 655,080th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. The last name Kersken occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kersken live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 454 people, or 1 in 177,325. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 85 percent live, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 4 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 3 percent live. Barring Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Kersken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kersken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kersken last name contracted 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerskin8613/
Karsken861/
Karskienė751/
Kirskin718/
Karskin712/
Körschen6746/
Korshkin673/
Kerzhkin671/
Carshken670/
Khorshkin631/
Chershkin631/
Corskin570/
Kirschin5392/
Korzhkin531/
Kirshchin5094/
Show All Similar Surnames

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Kersken
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis