Kerstin Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kerstin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerstin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4081:197,31722,722
United States701:5,177,985261,849
Sweden151:656,45048,545
England141:3,979,861125,553
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Albania41:728,51420,844
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
France21:33,211,361423,184
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Kerstin (442,053) may also be a first name.

Kerstin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerstin (Arabic: كيرستين, Russian: Керстин) is most common in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerstin? popularity and diffusion

Kerstin is the 573,706th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Kerstin reside; 77 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,314th most frequently occurring given name world-wide, borne by 442,053 people.

The surname Kerstin is most widespread in Germany, where it is held by 408 people, or 1 in 197,317. In Germany Kerstin is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 39 percent live, Berlin, where 11 percent live and Brandenburg, where 10 percent live. Not including Germany this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Sweden, where 3 percent live.

Kerstin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kerstin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kerstin last name increased 583 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kerstin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Kerstin are 45.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 92.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

Kerstin earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,911 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kerstin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kerstin in the Russian language
Керстинkerstin-
Kerstin in the Arabic language
كيرستينkyrstyn-

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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 Kerstin
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