Family name Kirkegaard (Kirkegaard 
) , in the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Kirkegaard is habitual in Denmark, where it is quite a common surname, Greenland, and Norway, where it is a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Denmark, the United States, and Sweden.
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| Kirkegaard | Norway, Australia, Sweden, United States, Denmark |
Kierkegaard, and Kjerkegaard
| nicoline kirkegaard DK (b. 1859) |
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| marinus kirkegaard (b. 1865) |
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| jens kirkegaard gymnast (1889-1966), DK (b. 1889) |
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michael kirkegaard Danish artist (b. 1953) |
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karla kirkegaard American geneticist and microbiologist, US (b. 1954) |
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| aage kirkegaard Danish field hockey player, DK (b. 1914) |
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| preben kirkegaard (b. 1913) |
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| johannes kirkegaard (b. 1920) |
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| ole lund kirkegaard Danish writer (1940-1979), DK (b. 1940) |
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| knud erik kirkegaard Danish politician, DK (b. 1942) |
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| anders kirkegaard Danish painter, DK (b. 1946) |
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| kurt kirkegaard Danish politician, DK (b. 1953) |
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| bjarne hartung kirkegaard Danish journalist, DK (b. 1954) |
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| michael h. kirkegaard (b. 1953) |
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| thomas kirkegaard badminton player (b. 1964) |
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