Kerstjens Surname

917,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 289 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Kerstjens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kerstjens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2081:81,18813,613
Germany371:2,175,823115,720
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015

Kerstjens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kerstjens is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kerstjens? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 917,199th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The surname Kerstjens occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Kerstjens reside; 89 percent reside in Western Europe and 88 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 81,188. In The Netherlands Kerstjens is most frequent in: Limburg, where 55 percent are found, Gelderland, where 13 percent are found and South Holland, where 9 percent are found. Beside The Netherlands Kerstjens occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerstiens89743/
Korstjens89232/
Kerstgens8984/
Kerstyens891/
Kersttgens841/
Korstijens841/
Kersgens8235/
Corstjens781,325/
Körstgens7810/
Korstiens781/
Kershgens781/
Kerschgens74436/
Corsstjens741/
Corstiens671/
Kirschgens6332/

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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 Kerstjens
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