Explore the Family Name Kirschenbaum

The meaning of Kirschenbaum

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kirschbaum. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Arie, Baruch, Chaim, Hyman, Moisei, Zvi.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kirschenbaum has seen a minor decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 29,325th most common surname and by 2010 it had slipped to the 32,792nd spot, a change of nearly 12 percent. The total count of individuals with this surname also dropped by roughly 8 percent from 760 in 2000 to 700 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 people decreased from 0.28 to 0.24, marking a 14.29 percent decline.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,325	#32,792	-11.82%
Count	760	700	-7.89%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.24	-14.29%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kirschenbaum

In terms of ethnicity according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there have been some changes in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kirschenbaum between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname, about 95.14 percent, identified as White in 2010, a slight decrease from 96.18 percent in 2000. The percentage identifying as Hispanic saw a decrease of almost 19 percent, while those identifying as having two or more races increased significantly from 0.66 percent to 1.86 percent. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of Asian/Pacific Islander identification within the Kirschenbaum surname holders, from zero in 2000 to 0.86 percent in 2010. No individual with this surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.18%	95.14%	-1.08%
Two or More Races	0.66%	1.86%	181.82%
Hispanic	2.11%	1.71%	-18.96%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.86%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%