Kohlhammer Surname

961,438th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 271 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Kohlhammer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kohlhammer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1731:465,34940,819
Austria541:157,69320,874
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Kohlhammer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kohlhammer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kohlhammer? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kohlhammer is the 961,438th most common last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Kohlhammer live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 173 people, or 1 in 465,349. In Germany Kohlhammer is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 69 percent live, Bavaria, where 20 percent live and Hesse, where 4 percent live. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 20 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Kohlhammer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Kohlhammer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kohlhammer last name expanded 260 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kohlhammer Last Name Statistics demography

Kohlhammer earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 13.4% more than the national average, earning $56,343 CAD per year.

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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 Kohlhammer
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