How common is the surname Kirchner?

10,044 people in the United States had the surname Kirchner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,739 Americans. It ranked 3,554th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kirchner?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kirchner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kirchner?

Leon Kirchner, American composer (1919-2009), followed by Alicia Kirchner.

Where is the surname Kirchner most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirchner in Argentina and the United States.

Is the surname Kirchner getting more or less common?

More common. 9,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,044 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Kirchner

A German surname, carried by 10,044 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirchner is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kirchner.

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 10,044 people named Kirchner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,739 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,691.

#3,554

rank among US surnames

10,044

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,377)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,545	Caro	10,064	30,678
#3,547	Vines	10,061	30,687
#3,548	Perdomo	10,058	30,697
#3,550	Eggleston	10,057	30,700
#3,551	Shi	10,055	30,706
#3,552	Bills	10,051	30,718
#3,553	Allard	10,047	30,730

Who is named Kirchner

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

96% of people named Kirchner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirchners

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leon Kirchner
American composer (1919-2009)
Alicia Kirchner
Argentine politician, born 1946
Máximo Kirchner
Argentine politician, born 1977

Notable Kirchners come mostly from Argentina (2) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kirchner

Kirchner has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kirchner come from?: Borrowed from German Kirchner.
How common is the surname Kirchner?: 10,044 people in the United States had the surname Kirchner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,739 Americans. It ranked 3,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirchner?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kirchner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kirchner?: Leon Kirchner, American composer (1919-2009), followed by Alicia Kirchner.
Where is the surname Kirchner most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirchner in Argentina and the United States.
Is the surname Kirchner getting more or less common?: More common. 9,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,044 in 2010, up 3.6%.