Kerš

surname · Latin script

Kerš is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 11K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 282K
  • BEBelgium1 in 689K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Netherlands (measured from records)

1,541 people, 2007

Sources
10 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kers in NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 1

  • A Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kerš counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kerš is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NL Netherlands1,5411 in 11K1.5KKers2
BE Belgium171 in 689K17—1
HR Croatia151 in 282K15Kerš10
EE Estonia——8——
CL Chile——1——

1,541 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kerš is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Estonian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Estonia

    Also written Kers

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Kerš
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202115#26,892
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)202115—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Kerš have the most bearers?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Kerš, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kers.
Where is Kerš most common?
Kerš is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 11 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kerš?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,541 people named Kerš in 2007, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kerš”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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