How common is the surname Kellogg?

15,317 people in the United States had the surname Kellogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,157 Americans. It ranked 2,378th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kellogg?

Frank B. Kellogg, American politician (1856-1937), followed by Will Keith Kellogg.

Where is the surname Kellogg most common?

Wikidata records people named Kellogg in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Kellogg getting more or less common?

More common. 15,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,317 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Kellogg

A nickname surname, carried by 15,317 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kellogg is more common than 98.5% of them.

Origin

Originally a nickname for a butcher, from kill hog.

Kellogg is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 15,317 people named Kellogg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,157 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 15,302.

#2,378

rank among US surnames

15,317

people in 2010

5.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,178)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,369	Ruff	15,383	20,071
#2,370	Sousa	15,377	20,078
#2,371	Mahan	15,375	20,081
#2,372	Leone	15,364	20,095
#2,373	He	15,363	20,097
#2,374	Bartholomew	15,339	20,128
#2,375	Hinds	15,337	20,131

Who is named Kellogg

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

89% of people named Kellogg identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kelloggs

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Frank B. Kellogg
American politician (1856-1937)
Will Keith Kellogg
American businessman (1860–1951)
John Kellogg
American actor (1916-2000)
Albert Kellogg
American botanist (1813–1887)
Vernon Lyman Kellogg
American entomologist, evolutionary biologist, science administrator and author (1867-1937
Clara Louise Kellogg
American opera singer (1842-1916)
Clark Kellogg
American basketball player (born 1961)
Ray Kellogg
American film director, producer and special effects artist, 1905–1976
Alice De Wolf Kellogg
American painter (1862–1900)
Remington Kellogg
American zoologist (1892–1969)
Donna Kellogg
Badminton player, born 1978
Mark Kellogg
American newspaper reporter (1831–1876)

Notable Kelloggs come mostly from the United States (12) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kellough

Surnames that sound like Kellogg

Kellogg has the Soundex code K420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K420.

Questions

Where does the surname Kellogg come from?: Originally a nickname for a butcher, from kill hog.
How common is the surname Kellogg?: 15,317 people in the United States had the surname Kellogg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,157 Americans. It ranked 2,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kellogg?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kellogg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kellogg?: Frank B. Kellogg, American politician (1856-1937), followed by Will Keith Kellogg.
Where is the surname Kellogg most common?: Wikidata records people named Kellogg in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Kellogg?: Kellogg is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Kellogg getting more or less common?: More common. 15,302 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,317 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Kellogg?: Kellough.