Last Name KER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the kerr, a low-lying meadow, from residence thereby.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Austrian, Hungarian

Rank 34,554 (2000 US census) 46,828 (1990 US census)
Count 620 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 65%, or 403 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 7.42%, or 46 total occurrences, as black,
  • 23.39%, or 145 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 2.42%, or 15 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Russian middle names

 As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...

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