Kirbs Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Kirbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirbs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1091:738,58255,640
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Austria71:1,216,49180,919
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kirbs Last Name Facts

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

Kirbs occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirbs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,453,389th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Kirbs are found; 79 percent are found in Western Europe and 79 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 738,582. In Germany Kirbs is most frequent in: Brandenburg, where 35 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside and Saxony-Anhalt, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany Kirbs is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Czechia, where 7 percent reside.

Kirbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kirbs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kirbs surname rose 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kirbs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kirbs last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

Kirbs earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.87% more than the national average, earning $61,646 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kirbst9129/
Kierbs9110/
Krebs8065,914/
Kerbs802,562/
Kürbs80177/
Kurbs8034/
Kirps8027/
Cirbs802/
Kirvs801/
Kirbsová7710/
Krebsz73429/
Kuerbs7337/
Keerbs7331/
Kerbst7316/
Kierps7313/
Krebss7311/
Krebse738/
Kyorbs731/
Krebsė731/
Krebsø731/
Kerbsz731/
Kherbst674/
Kärbsch673/
Kirpsch671/
Kierpsz671/

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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 Kirbs
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