Kjær Surname
Approximately 8,772 people bear this surname
Kjær Surname User-submission:
A Danish ornamental name from kjær, which means 'brushwood' (from the Old Norse, kjarr).
Kjær Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 7,673 | 1:736 | 47 |
| Norway | 956 | 1:5,379 | 530 |
| Greenland | 32 | 1:1,762 | 233 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Faroe Islands | 7 | 1:7,000 | 707 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Kjr (13) are calculated separately.
Kjær Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A Danish ornamental name from kjær, which means 'brushwood' (from the Old Norse, kjarr).
- transcendenceKjær Demographics
Average Kjær Salary in
Norway
349,819 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Kjær Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kjær Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kjær is found most in Denmark. It can be found as a variant: Kjr. Click here for other potential spellings of Kjær.
How Common Is The Last Name Kjær? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kjær is the 57,713th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 830,774 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kjær reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.
This surname is most widespread in Denmark, where it is held by 7,673 people, or 1 in 736. In Denmark it is most frequent in: Central Denmark Region, where 29 percent live, Capital Region of Denmark, where 25 percent live and Region of Southern Denmark, where 24 percent live. Besides Denmark Kjær occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 11 percent live and Greenland, where 0 percent live.
Kjær Last Name Statistics demography
Kjær earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning 349,819 kr per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kjr | 95 | 13 | / |
| Kjæhr | 89 | 40 | / |
| Åkjær | 89 | 9 | / |
| Økjær | 89 | 8 | / |
| Kjærø | 89 | 4 | / |
| Kjærr | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kjærre | 80 | 17 | / |
| Kiær | 75 | 372 | / |
| Kejr | 75 | 66 | / |
| Kajr | 75 | 28 | / |
| Kujr | 75 | 21 | / |
| Kojr | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khjr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kdjr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Gkjr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kæjr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kqjr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kjxr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kjrd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kjrr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kjsr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kxjr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ckjr | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kjre | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaujr | 67 | 30 | / |
| Khajr | 67 | 19 | / |
| Khijr | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kuyjr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khojr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kujre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khjre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keyjr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaijr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kujrr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kujjr | 67 | 1 | / |
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