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

Kirkner (Russian: Киркнер) is found most in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirkner? popularity and diffusion

It is the 547,713th most frequent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 12,478,675 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Kirkner are found; 60 percent are found in North America and 60 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 565 people, or 1 in 641,520. In The United States Kirkner is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 16 percent live, Virginia, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Kirkner occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Kirkner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kirkner has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 351 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kirkner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kirkner surname are 27.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 73.79% 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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