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    The surname Karnes

    A surname, carried by 6,333 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K652

    Karnes: #5,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Karnes #5,494, 6,333 people Karnes: #5,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Karnes #5,494, 6,333 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karnes is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,333 people named Karnes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,752 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,385.

    #5,494
    rank among US surnames
    6,333
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,889)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,489Landaverde6,33648,729
    #5,492Hoagland6,33548,736
    #5,493Wimmer6,33448,744
    #5,494Buehler6,33348,752

    Who is named Karnes

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

    94% of people named Karnes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Karness

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jay Karnes
      American actor (born 1963)
    • David Karnes
      American politician (1948–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Karnes

    Karnes has the Soundex code K652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Karnes?
    6,333 people in the United States had the surname Karnes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,752 Americans. It ranked 5,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Karnes?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Karnes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Karnes?
    Jay Karnes, American actor (born 1963), followed by David Karnes.
    Where is the surname Karnes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Karnes in the United States.
    Is the surname Karnes getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,385 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,333 in 2010, up 18%.