How common is the surname Karn?

2,398 people in the United States had the surname Karn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Karn?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Karn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Karn?

Mick Karn, British bassist (1958–2011), followed by Richard Karn.

Where is the surname Karn most common?

Wikidata records people named Karn in Cyprus and the United States.

Is the surname Karn getting more or less common?

More common. 2,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 16%.

The surname Karn

A surname, carried by 2,398 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karn is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,398 people named Karn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,068.

#12,837

rank among US surnames

2,398

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+16%

change since 2000 (was #13,488)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,831	Loe	2,401	128,590
#12,833	Vinci	2,400	128,644
#12,835	Digirolamo	2,399	128,698
#12,837	Perreira	2,398	128,751
#12,842	Bridgers	2,397	128,805

Who is named Karn

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

91% of people named Karn identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Karns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mick Karn
British bassist (1958–2011)
Richard Karn
American actor and presenter, born 1956

Notable Karns come mostly from Cyprus (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Karn

Karn has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

Questions

How common is the surname Karn?: 2,398 people in the United States had the surname Karn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,751 Americans. It ranked 12,837th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Karn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Karn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Karn?: Mick Karn, British bassist (1958–2011), followed by Richard Karn.
Where is the surname Karn most common?: Wikidata records people named Karn in Cyprus and the United States.
Is the surname Karn getting more or less common?: More common. 2,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,398 in 2010, up 16%.