How common is the surname Kirsch?

8,764 people in the United States had the surname Kirsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,229 Americans. It ranked 4,050th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kirsch?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kirsch?

Stan Kirsch, American actor (1968-2020), followed by Russell A. Kirsch.

Where is the surname Kirsch most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirsch in the United States.

Is the surname Kirsch getting more or less common?

More common. 8,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,764 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Kirsch

A surname, carried by 8,764 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirsch is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,764 people named Kirsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,229 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,630.

#4,050

rank among US surnames

8,764

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,041	Langdon	8,794	35,109
#4,042	Jara	8,790	35,125
#4,043	Flanders	8,787	35,137
#4,044	Showalter	8,786	35,141
#4,045	Robinette	8,784	35,149
#4,046	Meeker	8,781	35,161
#4,048	Cathey	8,779	35,169

Who is named Kirsch

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

96% of people named Kirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirschs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stan Kirsch
American actor (1968-2020)
Russell A. Kirsch
American computer scientist (1929-2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kirsch

Kirsch has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Questions

How common is the surname Kirsch?: 8,764 people in the United States had the surname Kirsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,229 Americans. It ranked 4,050th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirsch?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kirsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kirsch?: Stan Kirsch, American actor (1968-2020), followed by Russell A. Kirsch.
Where is the surname Kirsch most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirsch in the United States.
Is the surname Kirsch getting more or less common?: More common. 8,630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,764 in 2010, up 1.6%.