Explore the Family Name Kerkhoff

The meaning of Kerkhoff

North German, Dutch, and Flemish: topographic name for someone who lived by a churchyard, Middle Low German kerkhof, Middle Dutch kerchof. Compare Kirchhoff.

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How common is the last name Kerkhoff in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kerkhoff has slightly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 29,296th, moving up to 29,198th in 2010 - a change of 0.33 percent. The count of people with this surname also rose from 761 in 2000 to 811 in 2010, a 6.57 percent increase. However, when considering its proportion per 100,000 people, there was a slight decrease of 3.57 percent over the ten-year period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,296	#29,198	0.33%
Count	761	811	6.57%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kerkhoff

When examining the ethnicity of those bearing the Kerkhoff surname, based on Decennial U.S. Census data, we see some changes between 2000 and 2010. Those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander made up 0.79 percent of Kerkhoffs in 2000, increasing to 1.23 percent by 2010. Individuals reporting as having two or more ethnic identities rose from 2.10 percent to 2.59 percent. Those identifying as White made up the majority of Kerkhoffs at 94.74 percent in 2000, but this decreased slightly to 92.73 percent in 2010. The percentage of Kerkhoffs identifying as Hispanic saw a small rise from 2.37 percent to 2.96 percent. There were no individuals with this surname identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.74%	92.73%	-2.12%
Hispanic	2.37%	2.96%	24.89%
Two or More Races	2.1%	2.59%	23.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.79%	1.23%	55.7%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%