How common is the surname Kellett?

3,513 people in the United States had the surname Kellett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. It ranked 9,267th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kellett?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kellett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kellett getting more or less common?

More common. 3,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,513 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Kellett

A surname, carried by 3,513 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kellett is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,513 people named Kellett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,109.

#9,267

rank among US surnames

3,513

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #9,595)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,258	Krawczyk	3,516	87,812
#9,262	Gingrich	3,515	87,837
#9,265	Sickler	3,514	87,862
#9,267	Deleo	3,513	87,887
#9,271	Riker	3,512	87,912
#9,273	Woodside	3,511	87,937
#9,274	Cluff	3,510	87,962

Who is named Kellett

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

95% of people named Kellett identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kellett

Kellett has the Soundex code K430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K430.

Questions

How common is the surname Kellett?: 3,513 people in the United States had the surname Kellett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,887 Americans. It ranked 9,267th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kellett?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kellett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kellett getting more or less common?: More common. 3,109 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,513 in 2010, up 13%.