The Kirschner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,517 people carried this name — #7,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,094 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kirschner surname
From German Kürschner (“furrier”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kirschner» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 175 people named Kirschner.
24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
102 people named Kirschner live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 95 people named Kirschner 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 Misiones.
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 Poland’s population register
36 people named Kirschner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 81 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 Lower Silesian.
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 the Nordic population registers
24 people named Kirschner 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
Kirschner in American newspapers,
1912–1926.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,210 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Kirschner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Kirschner 1580–1652 · priest
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Philipp Kirschner 1580–1634 · stampcutter
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Johann Georg Kirschner 1747–1771 · student
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Friedrich Kirschner 1748–1789 · engraver
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Friedrich Kirschner 1748–1788 · engraver
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Ferdinand Kirschner 1821–1896 · architect
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kirschner.
- Kirchhoff 1,851 · 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
- Kirtz 542 · U.S. census
- Kis 358 · U.S. census
- Kisler 336 · U.S. census
- Kiss 3,990 · U.S. census
- Kissel 4,756 · U.S. census
- Kissi 251 · U.S. census
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