Kersting Surname

47,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,849 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Kersting Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Christianus (follower of Christ).

Kersting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,4351:10,8281,368
United States2,2531:160,87816,381
Brazil6631:322,88712,434
Netherlands1371:123,26419,295
Australia761:355,20729,862
England651:857,20145,134
Canada301:1,228,18688,140
Guyana301:25,4072,928
Denmark221:256,57819,736
Belgium181:638,70256,744
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Austria161:532,21549,801
Croatia161:264,28827,725
Liechtenstein101:3,838429
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
France51:13,284,544357,392
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland111:402,71514,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:282,12722,717

Kersting (23) may also be a first name.

Kersting Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Christianus (follower of Christ).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kersting Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kersting is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kersting click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kersting? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 47,658th most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 671,725 people. Kersting occurs mostly in Europe, where 72 percent of Kersting live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kersting is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 23 people.

The surname Kersting is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 7,435 people, or 1 in 10,828. In Germany Kersting is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 5 percent are found and Hesse, where 4 percent are found. Beside Germany Kersting exists in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Kersting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kersting has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,266 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 464 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Kersting Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Kersting surname are 11.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Kersting earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.46% more than the national average, earning $45,074 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.85% more than the national average, earning $58,054 CAD per year.

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