How common is the surname Kale?

3,864 people in the United States had the surname Kale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. It ranked 8,518th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kale?

In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Kale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Kale getting more or less common?

More common. 3,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,864 in 2010, up 25%.

The surname Kale

A surname, carried by 3,864 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kale is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,864 people named Kale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,094.

#8,518

rank among US surnames

3,864

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+24.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,641)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,511	Sainz	3,869	79,800
#8,512	Shedd	3,868	79,820
#8,517	Lepage	3,865	79,882
#8,518	Pegues	3,864	79,903
#8,523	Coursey	3,862	79,944
#8,525	Sines	3,861	79,965

Who is named Kale

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

71% of people named Kale identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 71%
Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kale

Kale has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Questions

How common is the surname Kale?: 3,864 people in the United States had the surname Kale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 79,903 Americans. It ranked 8,518th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kale?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Kale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Kale getting more or less common?: More common. 3,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,864 in 2010, up 25%.