Kearns is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kearns
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kearns

How popular is Kearns?

Kearns is common in United States.

Kearns is ranked 14108 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kearns bearers increased by 6.33694 per cent in 2010 US census to 15136 since 2000, the surname slipped by 64 spots and ranked at 2394. The last name was found in around 51 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.48 93.97
Black 2.7 2.56
Hispanic or Latino 2.2 1.31
Others 1.72 1.24
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.64
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.28
Kearns is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 37415 people have been found who wears Kearns as their family name. Kearns is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
101,066 Zimbabwe5
10,542 China4
14,078 Japan3
108,034 Italy3
4,367 Afghanistan2
1,118 Isle of Man2
6,266 Luxembourg2
23,344 Austria2
120,357 Argentina1
1,704,541 India1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
174,544 Czech Republic1
15,162 Costa Rica1
53,033 Nigeria1
810,193 Indonesia1
897,276 Russia1
492,292 Ukraine1
169,904 Brazil1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,374 Bermuda1
49,529 Israel1
1,253 Burundi1
28,365 Kenya1
56,169 Mexico1
2,190 Barbados1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
5,553 Taiwan1
13,447 Uganda1
49,101 Denmark1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,712 Sweden44
6,551 Qatar39
374 Jersey39
37,591 Belgium37
28,564 Switzerland36
8,214 Singapore35
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,027 Spain87
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Kearns:
978 New Zealand727
652 Northern Ireland501
2,308 Scotland302
38,477 Germany269
2,197 Wales181
2,148 Namibia163
61,459 France159
Countries with thousands of Kearns:
1,812 England4,404
1,565 South Africa4,255
204 Ireland3,953
2,285 Canada2,197
1,739 Australia1,829
Countries with ten thousands of Kearns:
2,249 United States17,948
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Kearns worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 19 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on John Clark and arrived on May 14, 1846. Mary Kearns, aged 20, Thomas Kearns, aged 30, John Kearns (20) Immigrant, Catharine Kearns (17) Spinster, Immigrant Charlott Kearns, Workman Michael Kearns, Mary Kearns, aged 30, Ann Kearns (1 year old), and 166 other Kearns around 51.58% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and weaver, farmer, dressmaker, gardner/grower, shoemaker, servant, shop keeper migrated to US.

Kearns Namesakes

  • Ade Kearns, Author
  • David T. Kearns, Businessman
  • Andie Kearns, Phil Kearns' daughter
  • Austin Kearns, Baseball outfielder
  • Lionel Kearns, Poet
  • Bracken Kearns, Ice hockey player
  • Brantley Kearns Jr., Musical Artist
  • John Kearns, Comedian
  • Burt Kearns, Television producer
  • Peter Kearns, Soccer player
  • Emma Kearns, from 2018 drama flick Around Here, who characterized the Helen.
  • Peggy Kearns characterized the leading character of Selma in 2013 drama film Small Fish Small Pond.

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