Kerson Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Kerson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 219 | 1:1,655,064 | 110,387 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Israel | 40 | 1:213,941 | 20,390 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 35 | 1:1,434,820 | 77,606 |
Kerson (663) may also be a first name.
Kerson Demographics
Kerson Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kerson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerson Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerson (Russian: Керсон) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerson? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kerson is the 619,831st most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 45 percent of Kerson live; 44 percent live in North America and 41 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 322,353rd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 663 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 219 people, or 1 in 1,655,064. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 25 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and South Carolina, where 11 percent are found. Not including The United States it is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.
Kerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kerson last name expanded 626 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 136 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Kerson Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Kerson last name are 30.64% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.87% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kerson earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 10.26% less than the national average, earning $38,721 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.41% more than the national average, earning $63,800 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerson Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerson in the Russian language | ||
| Керсон | kerson | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kerson
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis