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Kern

in Iowa

There are 513 people with the last name "Kern" in Iowa.

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Ranking in Iowa

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Kern 506
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  1. is 502nd most common Wise
  2. is 503rd most common Stephenson
  3. is 504th most common Lenz
  4. is 505th most common Fink
  5. is 506th most common Kern
  6. is 507th most common Ott
  7. is 508th most common Richter
  8. is 509th most common Foley
  9. is 510th most common Muller

Similar Names and Nicknames

Kerns, Kerner, Korn, Kernan, Kerney, Karn, Kernodle, Kirn, Kernen, Kernes

Most Common First Names for Kern

Robert, James, John, Chris, David, Michael, William, Christopher, Daniel, Mary

Meaning & History

Irish: reduced form of McCarron.

German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German kerne ‘kernel’, ‘seed’, ‘pip’; Middle Dutch kern(e), keerne; German Kern or Yiddish kern ‘grain’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a farmer, or a nickname for a small person. As a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental.

English: probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hand mills, from Old English cweorn ‘hand mill’, or a habitational name for someone from Kern in the Isle of Wight, named from this word.

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