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    The surname Karg

    A surname, carried by 1,244 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K620

    Karg: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Karg #21,105, 1,244 people Karg: #21,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Karg #21,105, 1,244 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karg is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,244 people named Karg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. That is down 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,358.

    #21,105
    rank among US surnames
    1,244
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,693)

    Who is named Karg

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

    94% of people named Karg identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Karg

    Karg has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Karg?
    1,244 people in the United States had the surname Karg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,188 Americans. It ranked 21,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Karg?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Karg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Karg getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,358 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,244 in 2010, down 8.4%.