How common is the surname Kircher?

3,765 people in the United States had the surname Kircher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. It ranked 8,714th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kircher?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kircher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kircher?

Alexander Kircher, Austrian painter (1867-1939), followed by Sophia Kircher.

Where is the surname Kircher most common?

Wikidata records people named Kircher in Austria.

Is the surname Kircher getting more or less common?

More common. 3,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,765 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Kircher

A German surname, carried by 3,765 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kircher is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kircher.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,765 people named Kircher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,262.

#8,714

rank among US surnames

3,765

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+15.4%

change since 2000 (was #9,196)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,711	Gish	3,768	81,939
#8,712	Kuang	3,767	81,961
#8,713	Neiman	3,766	81,982
#8,714	Nuss	3,765	82,004

Who is named Kircher

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Kircher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirchers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alexander Kircher
Austrian painter (1867-1939)
Sophia Kircher
Austrian politician, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kircher

Kircher has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kircher come from?: Borrowed from German Kircher.
How common is the surname Kircher?: 3,765 people in the United States had the surname Kircher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. It ranked 8,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kircher?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kircher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kircher?: Alexander Kircher, Austrian painter (1867-1939), followed by Sophia Kircher.
Where is the surname Kircher most common?: Wikidata records people named Kircher in Austria.
Is the surname Kircher getting more or less common?: More common. 3,262 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,765 in 2010, up 15%.