Kurlander Surname

444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Kurlander Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Kurland or Courland (country of the Cours), in Latvia.

Kurlander Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6121:592,25348,330
Israel1121:76,4079,309
England131:4,286,005132,302
France91:7,380,302306,885
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Uruguay81:428,97023,885
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Kurlander Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Kurland or Courland (country of the Cours), in Latvia.

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

Kurlander Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kurlander occurs most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kurlander click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurlander? popularity and diffusion

It is the 444,963rd most commonly used surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,501,364 people. The surname Kurlander is mostly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Kurlander live; 78 percent live in North America and 78 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 612 people, or 1 in 592,253. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 20 percent live, Maryland, where 19 percent live and Florida, where 15 percent live. Outside of The United States it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 15 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Kurlander Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kurlander has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kurlander last name rose 7,650 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 260 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kurlander Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Kurlander last name are 0.47000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.7% registered to vote for the political party.

Kurlander earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.46% more than the national average, earning $61,469 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurlaender9511/
Kurliander959/
Kurlahnder951/
Kuhrlander950/
Kurlender8952/
Curlander8925/
Korlander892/
Courlander8463/
Koorlander8414/
Courlaender8044/
Curländer787/
Corlander781/
Courlender746/

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