Kern is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kern
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Common in Alsace-Moselle, the name can have very different meanings. It may appoint a producer or a grain merchant ("Kern" = seed, sometimes ancient variant of "Korn" = wheat, spelled). It can also be the nickname of a remarkable man, having all the qualities (Middle High German "Kern"). Duden dictionary also indicates Low German means "kerne" (= churn), possible nickname of a butter producer. We do not forget that Kern and finally Kernen are German place names.

How popular is Kern?

Kern is common in United States.

Kern is ranked 4544 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kern bearers increased by 3.303901 per cent in 2010 US census to 28547 since 2000, the surname slipped by 75 spots and ranked at 1237. The last name was found in around 97 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.18 94.76
Black 2.23 2.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.04 1.26
Others 1.3 1.05
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.88 0.56
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.38 0.32
Kern is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Austria is ahead in terms of density. Around 119651 people have been found who wears Kern as their family name. Kern is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
648 Northern Mariana Islands8
7,646 Japan7
48,950 Moldova6
812 Monaco5
2,537 Afghanistan4
23,165 Romania3
6,779 Nicaragua3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
25,074 Greece3
9,097 Wales3
14,494 Armenia3
16,136 Kenya3
20,837 Venezuela2
1,389 Barbados2
17,547 Colombia2
4,104 South Korea2
6,353 Panama2
5,671 Guatemala2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
19,093 Finland2
213 Liechtenstein2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
2,744 Rwanda2
8,657 Lebanon2
960 Saint Lucia2
313 Greenland2
7,292 Vietnam1
168 Wallis and Futuna1
10,190 Bahrain1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
123,175 Tanzania1
53,033 Nigeria1
7,198 Maldives1
15,162 Costa Rica1
10,958 Bangladesh1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
2,057 Myanmar1
12,741 Ecuador1
17,768 Pakistan1
17,236 Ghana1
3,275 Nepal1
2,333 Montenegro1
3,307 Malta1
5,467 Haiti1
9,498 Iceland1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
10,683 Cyprus1
7,790 Zambia1
8,371 Syria1
19,533 Uruguay1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,110 Bosnia1
799 British Virgin Islands1
16,228 Bulgaria1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
4,249 Cambodia1
14,373 Jordan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,284 Ireland49
1,273 Luxembourg46
11,285 Serbia45
11,040 Scotland39
24,028 United Arab Emirates38
3,579 Trinidad and Tobago37
17,793 Kyrgyzstan35
20,103 Norway33
407,590 India21
308,934 Indonesia18
2,705 China16
7,162 Thailand15
699 Bermuda13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
2,637 Estonia92
9,394 New Zealand73
2,783 Jamaica71
5,773 Singapore53
Countries with hundreds of Kern:
7,579 England898
27,752 Philippines451
6,525 Australia444
14,152 Poland430
6,500 Netherlands425
6,554 Kazakhstan410
1,975 Slovakia404
14,281 Ukraine399
11,880 Mexico366
7,134 Malaysia278
3,088 Croatia272
4,366 Chile234
1,368 Taiwan232
24,716 Turkey210
4,564 Sweden210
3,025 Denmark197
44,259 Italy179
18,443 Spain167
6,656 Israel165
10,839 Czech Republic164
11,227 Belarus134
14,304 Belgium126
2,910 Latvia117
5,599 Lithuania113
Countries with thousands of Kern:
55 Austria7,125
2,233 Brazil6,678
1,673 France4,115
6,550 Russia2,869
189 Switzerland2,755
4,773 South Africa1,370
111 Slovenia1,356
2,007 Sri Lanka1,304
1,060 Hungary1,243
4,318 Argentina1,195
4,396 Canada1,023
Countries with ten thousands of Kern:
79 Germany46,433
1,118 United States34,261
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Margaret Kern was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on April 27, 1846. She lived in Ireland and took Java from Liverpool. Francis Kern (26) Clerk, Pierce Kern (43) Workman, 22 years old Robert-J. Kern, Mary Kern, aged 25, Immigrant Thomas Kern, Margaret Kern (20) Spinster, 7 years old Ellen Kern, Judy Kern, aged 28, and 17 other Kern around 54.55% of whom were workman migrated to US from London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

From Italy

Servant Crescentia Kern from Italy aboard the Amerique from Havre. She is registered to be 32 years old when she arrived in USA on March 28, 1883.

Comments

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Karla Barlett
Kern is a family name and Alsace-Lorraine rare, represents a nickname designating a man of value, excellent, energetic.

Kern Namesakes

  • Joey Kern, Actor
  • Bruno Kernen, Olympic athlete
  • András Kern, Actor
  • Robin Kern, Tennis player
  • Robert Kerns, Singer
  • Timo Kern, Soccer player
  • Bill Kernen, Coach
  • Tereza Kerndlová, Singer
  • Rebecca Kernes, Film actress
  • Berkley Kern, Actor
  • In 2016 0 flick, My Name Is Grace, Keala Kern characterized Grace.
  • Christy Kern, from 0 biography and documentary movie Royal Crown and a Moon Pie: The David Beebe Story, who characterized N.
  • Christa Kern portrayed vital role of Vera in 2019 comedy flick Strawberry Moments.
  • In 1992 0 movie, La Mentira, Peter Kern played N.
  • Donovan Kern, from 2013 horror movie Billy's Cult, who portrayed Billy Kingsley.

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