Kursner Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Kursner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kursner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland2481:33,1174,867
France601:1,107,045119,335
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

The alternate forms: Küršner (2) are calculated separately.

Kursner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kursner occurs more in Switzerland more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Küršner. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kursner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kursner is the 837,371st most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname Kursner occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Kursner reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Kursner is most frequently held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 33,117. In Switzerland Kursner is most frequent in: Canton of Vaud, where 89 percent live, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 10 percent live and Canton of Fribourg, where 1 percent live. Apart from Switzerland it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.

Kursner Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kursner earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 108.19% more than the national average, earning $89,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 64.19% more than the national average, earning $81,574 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurshner9330/
Küršner902/
Kurschner88679/
Kuershner881/
Kirsner86535/
Kurzner86108/
Korsner8618/
Khursne865/
Kursnge861/
Kuerschner82614/
Kirshner801,684/
Kirszner80199/
Kurchner8053/
Kiersner806/
Koersner802/
Kurzhner801/
Kursna772/
Kirschner7524,718/
Kürschner754,266/
Korschner75115/
Kierszner757/
Kiershner751/
Koershner750/
Curschner750/
Kirzner711,040/
Kiršner71101/
Koerschner7174/
Corsner7142/
Kierschner7111/
Kurshna714/
Kirrschner714/
Kirschnner712/
Curzner712/
Korzner711/
Kiržner711/
Korschnner711/
Kirzhner67287/
Kurzenne6727/
Kürchner672/
Kurzhnyr671/
Khursnid671/

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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 Kursner
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