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
Average Kerson Salary in
United States
$38,721 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kerson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kerson (Russian: Керсон) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kerson is the 619,831st most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. Kerson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Kerson are found; 44 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 322,353rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 663 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 1,655,064. In The United States Kerson is most prevalent in: New York, where 25 percent live, California, where 13 percent live and South Carolina, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 11 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Kerson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kerson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying 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 devotion of those carrying the Kerson last name is primarily Catholic (80%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Kerson last name are 30.64% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.87% being registered to vote for 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 | - |
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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 Kerson
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