The Kirchhoff surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,851 people carried this name — #15,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 158,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 1,711 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kirchhoff surname
From Kirche (“church”) + Hof (“courtyard”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kirchhoff» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
105 people named Kirchhoff live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Kirchhoff.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
36 people named Kirchhoff have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 64 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in West Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Kirchhoff live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
47 people named Kirchhoff is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Kirchhoff in American newspapers,
1888–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,448 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kirchhoff,
with a public archive behind them.
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Laurentius Kirchhoff 1528–1580 · university teacher -
Karl Eduard Kirchhoff d. 1912 · botanist
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Wilhelm Kirchhoff d. 1854
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Johann Adam Kirchhoff 1663–1741 · physician
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Gottfried Kirchhoff 1685–1746 · composer
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Johann Hieronymus Kirchhoff 1763–1843 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kirchhoff.
- Kintz 1,675 · U.S. census
- Kipfer 573 · U.S. census
- Kipp 5,978 · U.S. census
- Kipper 902 · U.S. census
- Kirch 1,818 · U.S. census
- Kircher 3,765 · U.S. census
- Kirchmann 284 · U.S. census
- Kirchner 10,044 · U.S. census
- Kirn 1,297 · U.S. census
- Kirsch 8,764 · U.S. census
- Kirscher 168 · U.S. census
- Kirschner 4,517 · U.S. census
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