How rare is the last name Kerns?

14,427 people in the United States have the last name Kerns, about 1 in 20,718. It ranks #2,444 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KERNS

#2,444

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
14,427
About
1 in 20,718
This common or more
50.2%
Who bears it

Of the 14,427 people with the last name Kerns, 88% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as Black and 3.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kerns

#2,442 Beckman · 14,432#2,443 Dent · 14,430#2,445 Isaacs · 14,413#2,446 Skelton · 14,405

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,502 Kearns · 14,053#25,376 Kerins · 1,021#45,217 Keirns · 510#53,327 Kernes · 419#80,054 Kerans · 256

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