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語源

• As an English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, from 中期英語 kerr (“brushwood”), possibly related to Irish Gaelic ceàrr (“left-handed”) and/or Old Norse kjarr.
• As an Irish surname, variant of Carr.
• As a German surname, Americanized from Kehr.
• As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mac gille chéir (“son of the dusky laid”), from ciar (“black”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kɜː/, /kɛə/
• (米国発音) IPA: /kɛɹ/
• 韻: -ɛə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)

固有名詞

Kerr (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrs)

1. A surname.
2. A township in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
3. A census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Gallia County, Ohio, United States.

派生語

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kerr is the 771 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 44,711 individuals. Kerr is most common among White (86.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kerr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.