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    The surname Kirschner

    A surname, carried by 4,517 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K625

    Kirschner: #7,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirschner #7,377, 4,517 people Kirschner: #7,377 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirschner #7,377, 4,517 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirschner is more common than 95.5% of them.

    Origin

    From German Kürschner (“furrier”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,517 people named Kirschner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,094.

    #7,377
    rank among US surnames
    4,517
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,504)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,368Eckhardt4,52068,307
    #7,369Cassady4,51968,322
    #7,373Zander4,51868,337
    #7,377Chick4,51768,352
    #7,380Dabbs4,51668,367
    #7,381Bhatia4,51568,382
    #7,382Schlabach4,51468,397

    Who is named Kirschner

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

    95% of people named Kirschner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kirschners

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Aloisia Kirschner
      Austrian writer (1853–1934)
    • Marc Kirschner
      American biologist, born 1945
    • David Kirschner
      American producer and screenwriter, born 1955

    Notable Kirschners come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria–Hungary (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kirschner

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kirschner come from?
    From German Kürschner (“furrier”).
    How common is the surname Kirschner?
    4,517 people in the United States had the surname Kirschner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,352 Americans. It ranked 7,377th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirschner?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kirschner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kirschner?
    Aloisia Kirschner, Austrian writer (1853–1934), followed by Marc Kirschner.
    Where is the surname Kirschner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kirschner in the United States and Austria–Hungary.
    Is the surname Kirschner getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,517 in 2010, up 10%.