The surname Kirchoff
A German surname, carried by 2,213 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K621
Origin
German origin
A surname from German, variant of Kirchhoff.
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 2,213 people named Kirchoff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,514 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,259.
Who is named Kirchoff
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Kirchoff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Kirchoff has the Soundex code K621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K621.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kirchoff come from?
- Kirchoff is German in origin.
- How common is the surname Kirchoff?
- 2,213 people in the United States had the surname Kirchoff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,514 Americans. It ranked 13,682nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kirchoff?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kirchoff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Kirchoff getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,213 in 2010, down 2.0%.