Kirchen Surname

241,204th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,657 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Kirchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7061:513,39842,994
Germany6801:118,39014,537
Luxembourg1091:5,326773
Switzerland531:154,96114,619
England341:1,638,76668,634
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Lebanon201:281,8549,826
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
France61:11,070,454349,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States741:678,63144,191

Kirchen (18) may also be a first name.

Kirchen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kirchen (Arabic: كيرشن) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirchen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kirchen is the 241,204th most widespread last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,398,036 people. Kirchen occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Kirchen are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 51 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Kirchen is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 706 people, or 1 in 513,398. In The United States Kirchen is most common in: Michigan, where 16 percent live, Nevada, where 15 percent live and California, where 14 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 41 percent live and Luxembourg, where 7 percent live.

Kirchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kirchen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kirchen surname increased 954 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 49 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kirchen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Kirchen last name is primarily Jewish (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Kirchen surname are 10.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.9% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kirchen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.37% more than the national average, earning $48,916 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.28% less than the national average, earning $40,102 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kirchen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kirchen in the Arabic language
كيرشنkyrshn-

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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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  • 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 Kirchen
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