Kirkner Surname

547,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 584 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Kirkner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kirkner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5651:641,52051,556
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1611:311,91724,534

Kirkner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kirkner (Russian: Киркнер) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirkner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 547,713th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Kirkner reside; 60 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 565 people, or 1 in 641,520. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 16 percent are found, Virginia, where 8 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States Kirkner occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Kirkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Kirkner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Kirkner last name increased 351 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kirkner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kirkner surname are 27.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.79% being registered to vote for the party.

Kirkner earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.41% more than the national average, earning $44,622 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kirkner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kirkner in the Russian language
Киркнерkirkner-

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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 Kirkner
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