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    The surname Karns

    An Irish surname, carried by 4,133 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K652

    Karns: #8,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Karns #8,003, 4,133 people Karns: #8,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Karns #8,003, 4,133 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karns is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Variant of Kearns.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,133 people named Karns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,703 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,549.

    #8,003
    rank among US surnames
    4,133
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.5%
    change since 2000 (was #8,545)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,995Willman4,13774,630
    #7,997McAnally4,13674,648
    #8,002Derose4,13574,666
    #8,003Karns4,13374,703
    #8,005Arcos4,13274,721
    #8,006Adelman4,13174,739
    #8,010Yousif4,13074,757

    Who is named Karns

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

    94% of people named Karns identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Karnss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Roscoe Karns
      Actor (1891-1970)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Karns

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

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Karns come from?
    Variant of Kearns.
    How common is the surname Karns?
    4,133 people in the United States had the surname Karns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,703 Americans. It ranked 8,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Karns?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Karns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Karns?
    Roscoe Karns, actor (1891-1970).
    Where is the surname Karns most common?
    Wikidata records people named Karns in the United States.
    Is the surname Karns getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,133 in 2010, up 17%.