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Kirschbaum Ranking

In the United States, the name Kirschbaum is the 17,707th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Kirschbaum migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kirschbaum Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johan Philip Kirschbaum, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
  • J. A. Kirschbaum, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751
  • J Adam Kirschbaum, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 2
  • Joh Michael Kirschbaum, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1773 2
Kirschbaum Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Moses Kirschbaum, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 2
  • Anna Katarina Kirschbaum, who settled in North America in 1854
  • Anna Katharina Kirschbaum, who arrived in America in 1854 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Kirschbaum (post 1700) +

  • William "Bill" Kirschbaum (1920-1953), American bronze medalist swimmer at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris
  • Ralph Kirschbaum (b. 1946), American classical musician
  • Kathryn Kirschbaum, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1972 3
  • John H. Kirschbaum, American politician, First Selectman of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-21 3
  • Walter Kirschbaum, West German former slalom canoeist who competed in the early-to-mid 1950s winning a gold medal in the folding K-1 event at the 1953 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran
  • Charlotte von Kirschbaum (1899-1975), German theologian who assisted Karl Barth in writing the Church Dogmatics.
  • Thorsten Kirschbaum (b. 1987), German professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club SSV Jahn Regensburg
  • Guillermo Kirschbaum (1968-2003), Argentine cricketer
  • Carl Ludwig Kirschbaum (1812-1880), German entomologist, professor of biology, and museum director


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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