How common is the surname Kaelin?

2,590 people in the United States had the surname Kaelin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. It ranked 12,043rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kaelin?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kaelin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kaelin?

William G. Kaelin, American Nobel Laureate, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, followed by Kato Kaelin.

Where is the surname Kaelin most common?

Wikidata records people named Kaelin in the United States.

Is the surname Kaelin getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,590 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Kaelin

A surname, carried by 2,590 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kaelin is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,590 people named Kaelin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,605.

#12,043

rank among US surnames

2,590

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,169)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,035	Lafayette	2,593	119,069
#12,040	Fredricks	2,592	119,115
#12,042	Oliveras	2,591	119,161
#12,043	Heckler	2,590	119,207
#12,047	Whittier	2,589	119,253
#12,048	Branscum	2,588	119,299

Who is named Kaelin

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

95% of people named Kaelin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaelins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William G. Kaelin
American Nobel Laureate, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, born 1957
Kato Kaelin
American television personality, film actor, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kaelin

Kaelin has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

Questions

How common is the surname Kaelin?: 2,590 people in the United States had the surname Kaelin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,207 Americans. It ranked 12,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kaelin?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kaelin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kaelin?: William G. Kaelin, American Nobel Laureate, Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, followed by Kato Kaelin.
Where is the surname Kaelin most common?: Wikidata records people named Kaelin in the United States.
Is the surname Kaelin getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,605 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,590 in 2010, down 0.6%.