How common is the surname Kamen?

1,442 people in the United States had the surname Kamen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. It ranked 18,928th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kamen?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kamen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Kamen?

Michael Kamen, American composer (1948–2003), followed by Dean Kamen.

Where is the surname Kamen most common?

Wikidata records people named Kamen in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Kamen getting more or less common?

More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,442 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Kamen

A surname, carried by 1,442 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kamen is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,442 people named Kamen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,060.

#18,928

rank among US surnames

1,442

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+36%

change since 2000 (was #22,637)

Who is named Kamen

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

90% of people named Kamen identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kamens

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Michael Kamen
American composer (1948–2003)
Dean Kamen
American businessman, born 1951
Martin Kamen
American biochemist and molecular biologist (1913–2002)
Robert Mark Kamen
American screenwriter, born 1947

Notable Kamens come mostly from the United States (3) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kamen

Kamin

Kamen has the Soundex code K550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K550.

Questions

How common is the surname Kamen?: 1,442 people in the United States had the surname Kamen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,109 Americans. It ranked 18,928th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kamen?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Kamen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Kamen?: Michael Kamen, American composer (1948–2003), followed by Dean Kamen.
Where is the surname Kamen most common?: Wikidata records people named Kamen in the United States and Canada.
Is the surname Kamen getting more or less common?: More common. 1,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,442 in 2010, up 36%.