How common is the last name Kern?

27,153 people in the United States have the last name Kern, about 1 in 11,008. It ranks #1,265 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KERN

#1,265

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
27,153
About
1 in 11,008
This common or more
42.4%
Who bears it

Of the 27,153 people with the last name Kern, 90.4% reported their origin as White, 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

5 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kern, most common first.

Also a first name

As a first name, Kern ranks #14,496 of 53,615, with 813 people. See Kern as a first name

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