van Kirk Surname

482,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

van Kirk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Kirk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6681:542,60344,940
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England21:27,859,030389,889
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4861:103,33110,433

van Kirk Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Kirk is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name van Kirk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 482,070th most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 10,546,376 people. van Kirk occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of van Kirk reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Kirk is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 668 people, or 1 in 542,603. In The United States van Kirk is most numerous in: California, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 10 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

van Kirk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of van Kirk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the van Kirk last name increased 137 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Kirk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van Kirk earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 65.58% more than the national average, earning $71,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $55,412 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 van Kirk
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