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

Family Name / Last Name: Kirsch
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Quite common in Alsace-Lorraine (Alternative: Kirsche), the name evokes cherry or cherry (place name or nickname for a producer of cherries). Cherry is especially retprésenté by the name Kirschbaum. The German surname Kirschnick should be also derived from Kirsch.

How popular is Kirsch?

Kirsch is common in United States.

Kirsch is ranked 12515 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kirsch bearers increased by 1.552723 per cent in 2010 US census to 8764 since 2000, the surname slipped by 279 spots and ranked at 4050. The last name was found in around 30 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.86 97.32
Hispanic or Latino 1.87 1.23
Others 1.06 0.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.34
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.41 0.32
Black 0.18 0.16
Kirsch is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 42438 people have been found who wears Kirsch as their family name. Kirsch is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
6,235 Costa Rica7
122,390 Belarus4
9,097 Wales3
14,078 Japan3
4,104 South Korea2
20,595 China2
14,408 Uruguay2
41,879 Turkey2
21,529 Singapore2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
54,135 Philippines2
1,704,541 India1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,292 Vietnam1
7,847 Albania1
10,958 Bangladesh1
37,779 Serbia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
19,810 Croatia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
2,309 Monaco1
5,872 Namibia1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,724 New Caledonia1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,578 Guam1
58,885 Poland1
24,176 Qatar1
1,254 Gibraltar1
24,421 Slovakia1
25,746 Finland1
3,350 Fiji1
4,435 Togo1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
257,310 Russia31
23,443 Norway26
18,457 Scotland20
26,722 New Zealand14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
17,169 Czech Republic100
29,959 Netherlands80
8,034 Denmark74
32,927 Spain72
4,082 Estonia61
16,052 Sweden58
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Kirsch:
8,350 Mexico602
1,602 Austria602
7,960 Canada519
2,757 Hungary458
14,763 South Africa420
15,204 England376
55 Luxembourg376
5,211 Belgium341
4,076 Switzerland288
3,964 Israel283
11,696 Australia238
26,800 Argentina194
56,111 Italy123
2,754 Panama114
17,090 Romania104
Countries with thousands of Kirsch:
6,064 Brazil2,305
6,161 France1,396
Countries with ten thousands of Kirsch:
251 Germany21,317
3,423 United States11,736
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Doctor of medicine Giulio-Mr. Kirsch from Italy aboard the La Champagne from Havre. He is registered to be 29 years old when he arrived in USA on September 24, 1888. Giuseppe Kirsch, aged Of unknown age, Isabelle-Mrs. Kirsch, aged 21, are other Kirsch that migrated to US.

Comments

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Tami Tousignant
Kirsch is a family name of Alsace and Lorraine, means cherry and designated by ellipse, the producer or merchant cherries.

Kirsch Namesakes

  • Achim Kirschning, Musical Artist
  • Faina Kirschenbaum, Israeli Politician
  • Brunna Kirsch, Film director
  • Faina Kirschenbaum, Israeli Politician
  • Delbert Kirsch, Politician
  • Adam Kirsch, Poet
  • Domenica Kirschke, Film Editor
  • Dorothea Kirschner, Actress
  • Dorothea Kirschner, Actress
  • David Kirschner, Film producer
  • Cachou Kirsch, from 2009 drama film Avec ma mère à la mer, who characterized Carole.
  • Don Kirsch portrayed the pivotal character of Francis Gudgeon in 2010 comedy, drama flick Morning Funeral.

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