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 last name Kirchen (Arabic: كيرشن) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirchen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 241,204th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,398,036 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Kirchen live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe. Kirchen is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name on earth, held by 18 people.

The last name Kirchen is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 513,398. In The United States Kirchen is most frequent in: Michigan, where 16 percent are found, Nevada, where 15 percent are found and California, where 14 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 41 percent are found and Luxembourg, where 7 percent are found.

Kirchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kirchen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 954 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 49 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kirchen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Jewish (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Kirchen surname are 10.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.9% registered to vote for the 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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