How common is the surname Kellam?

4,323 people in the United States had the surname Kellam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. It ranked 7,680th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kellam getting more or less common?

More common. 4,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,323 in 2010, up 5.9%.

Is Kellam also a first name?

Yes. Kellam is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kellam

A surname, carried by 4,323 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kellam is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Kelham.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,323 people named Kellam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,082.

#7,680

rank among US surnames

4,323

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,518)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,674	Ratcliffe	4,327	71,353
#7,676	Flake	4,326	71,370
#7,677	Espitia	4,324	71,403
#7,680	Kushner	4,323	71,419
#7,682	Bevins	4,322	71,436

Who is named Kellam

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

57% of people named Kellam identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 57%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kellam

Kellam has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

Questions

Where does the surname Kellam come from?: Variant of Kelham.
How common is the surname Kellam?: 4,323 people in the United States had the surname Kellam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,419 Americans. It ranked 7,680th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kellam?: In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named Kellam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kellam getting more or less common?: More common. 4,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,323 in 2010, up 5.9%.
Is Kellam also a first name?: Yes. Kellam is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.