Kirzner

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Is a Yiddish term meaning “furrier”

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɝznɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kirzner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.5M(measured from records)
  • ILIsrael≈1 in 100K
  • UYUruguay1 in 103K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Kirzner itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

221 people, 2010

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
104 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 100K (inferred from the name graph)

Israel, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KirznerLatin(measured from records)
КирзнерCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Кирзнер in RU Russia, BY Belarus.

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(measured from records)

Is a Yiddish term meaning “furrier”.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kirzner 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 Kirzner is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2211 in 1.5M276Kirzner104
IL Israel≈87 est.≈1 in 100K—Kirzner16
RU Russia≈44 est.≈1 in 3.2M—Кирзнер65
GB United Kingdom≈44 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Kirzner4
AR Argentina431 in 1.1M43—1
CA Canada≈34 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Kirzner22
UY Uruguay331 in 103K33——
BY Belarus≈9 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Кирзнер6

221 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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)

Kirzner is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Ḳirzner

  • Hebrew surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Ukraine, United States, Argentina

    Also written קירזנר, קירצנר, Ḳirzner

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kiržner

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Israel Kirzner, b. 1930Julian Kirzner, b. 1976Tomás Kirzner, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kirzner,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Kirzner
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020276#75,363
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010221#84,748
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000162#102,691
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—43—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—33—
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kirzner mean, and where does it come from?
Is a Yiddish term meaning “furrier”. Recorded by The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History.
How do you pronounce Kirzner?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɝznɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kirzner have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 221 people named Kirzner, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kirzner.
How common is the name Kirzner?
In the United States, the national register counted 221 people named Kirzner in 2010, about 1 in 1.5 million 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, “Kirzner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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