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    The surname Kellen

    A surname, carried by 1,312 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K450

    Kellen: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kellen #20,274, 1,312 people Kellen: #20,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kellen #20,274, 1,312 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kellen is more common than 87.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,312 people named Kellen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,285.

    #20,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,312
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,455)

    Who is named Kellen

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

    94% of people named Kellen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    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 Kellen

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kellen?
    1,312 people in the United States had the surname Kellen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 235,324 Americans. It ranked 20,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kellen?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kellen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kellen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,312 in 2010, up 2.1%.