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    The surname Karls

    A surname, carried by 1,242 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K642

    Karls: #21,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Karls #21,144, 1,242 people Karls: #21,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Karls #21,144, 1,242 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karls is more common than 87% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,242 people named Karls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,587 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,078.

    #21,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,242
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #22,304)

    Who is named Karls

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

    97% of people named Karls identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Karls

    Karls has the Soundex code K642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K642.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Karls?
    1,242 people in the United States had the surname Karls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,587 Americans. It ranked 21,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Karls?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Karls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Karls getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,242 in 2010, up 15%.