Kirš Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Kirš Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kirš Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia601:119,0828,988
Czechia261:408,98046,580
Croatia91:469,84536,710
Estonia81:165,22626,217

The alternate forms: Kirs (1,298) are calculated separately.

Kirš Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kirš occurs most in Serbia. It may also be found as a variant: Kirs. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kirš? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kirš is the 1,817,111th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kirš live; 67 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 67 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most widespread in Serbia, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 119,082. In Serbia it is mostly concentrated in: South Bačka District, where 65 percent live, North Bačka District, where 18 percent live and Srem District, where 15 percent live. Beside Serbia Kirš exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 25 percent live and Croatia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kirs921,298/
Kerš7586/
Kurš7531/
Kyrš7528/
Kirx751/
Kiršová7325/
Kiers672,428/
Kirsh672,168/
Kirse67603/
Kirss67574/
Kirsz67480/
Keirs67286/
Kirçe67101/
Kirce6737/
Kirje6726/
Kiors676/
Khirs674/
Kairs672/
Kuirs671/
Kierś671/
Kirså671/
Kirze671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Kirš
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