The Kirchner surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 9,691 people carried this name — #3,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,900 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
279 people named Kirchner live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
219 people named Kirchner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 302 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 168 people named Kirchner.
35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Aube.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kirchner.
- Kipp 5,978 · U.S. census
- Kipper 948 · U.S. census
- Kirch 1,550 · U.S. census
- Kircher 3,262 · U.S. census
- Kirchhoff 1,711 · U.S. census
- Kirchmann 278 · U.S. census
- Kirn 1,360 · U.S. census
- Kirsch 8,630 · U.S. census
- Kirscher 175 · U.S. census
- Kirschner 4,094 · U.S. census
- Kirtz 453 · U.S. census
- Kis 321 · U.S. census
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