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    The surname Kaba

    A surname, carried by 1,991 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K100

    Kaba: #14,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kaba #14,870, 1,991 people Kaba: #14,870 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kaba #14,870, 1,991 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaba is more common than 90.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,991 people named Kaba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,071 Americans. That is up 74% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,147.

    #14,870
    rank among US surnames
    1,991
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +73.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,295)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,862Werts1,993154,915
    #14,866Atlas1,992154,993
    #14,870Alvord1,991155,071
    #14,876Bajwa1,990155,149
    #14,878Townson1,989155,227

    Who is named Kaba

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    70% of people named Kaba identified as Black (not Hispanic), 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 70%
    • White (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Kaba

    Kaba has the Soundex code K100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kaba?
    1,991 people in the United States had the surname Kaba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,071 Americans. It ranked 14,870th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kaba?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Kaba identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kaba getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,991 in 2010, up 74%.