How common is the surname Karle?

1,768 people in the United States had the surname Karle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Karle?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Karle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Karle?

Jerome Karle, American physical chemist (1918–2013), followed by Isabella Karle.

Where is the surname Karle most common?

Wikidata records people named Karle in the United States.

Is the surname Karle getting more or less common?

More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Karle

A surname, carried by 1,768 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karle is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,768 people named Karle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,203.

#16,305

rank among US surnames

1,768

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+47%

change since 2000 (was #20,497)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,302	Merten	1,769	174,531
#16,305	Renderos	1,768	174,630
#16,313	Pauling	1,767	174,729

Who is named Karle

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

93% of people named Karle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Karles

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerome Karle
American physical chemist (1918–2013)
Isabella Karle
American physical chemist (1921–2017)
Amy Karle
American bioartist, born 1980
Charles Karle
American rower (1898–1946)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Karle

Karle has the Soundex code K640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K640.

Questions

How common is the surname Karle?: 1,768 people in the United States had the surname Karle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Karle?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Karle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Karle?: Jerome Karle, American physical chemist (1918–2013), followed by Isabella Karle.
Where is the surname Karle most common?: Wikidata records people named Karle in the United States.
Is the surname Karle getting more or less common?: More common. 1,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 47%.