Kirshner Surname

238,146th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,684 people bear this surname

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

Kirshner Surname Definition:

(German) One who prepared skins, a furrier.

Kirshner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3861:261,51424,673
Canada911:404,89735,698
Russia691:2,088,740128,406
Australia511:529,32739,816
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
England161:3,482,379114,324
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1491:337,03826,036

Kirshner (26) may also be a first name.

Kirshner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who prepared skins, a furrier.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Kirshner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kirshner (Russian: Киршнер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirshner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 238,146th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,327,521 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Kirshner reside; 88 percent reside in North America and 86 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 26 people.

The last name Kirshner is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,386 people, or 1 in 261,514. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 21 percent reside, California, where 15 percent reside and Illinois, where 9 percent reside. Barring The United States Kirshner is found in 26 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent reside and Russia, where 4 percent reside.

Kirshner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kirshner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Kirshner surname increased 930 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kirshner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Kirshner surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Kirshner are 43.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.19% registered with the political party.

The amount Kirshner earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 27.41% more than the national average, earning $54,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.43% more than the national average, earning $59,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kirshner Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kirshner in the Russian language
Киршнерkirsner-

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