How common is the surname Kelm?

2,011 people in the United States had the surname Kelm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. It ranked 14,768th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kelm?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kelm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kelm?

Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (1931–2018).

Where is the surname Kelm most common?

Wikidata records people named Kelm in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kelm?

Kelm is /ˈkɛlm/, one syllable.

Is the surname Kelm getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,011 in 2010, down 22%.

The surname Kelm

A surname, carried by 2,011 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɛlm/ 1 syllable Soundex K450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kelm is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,011 people named Kelm in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. That is down 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,588.

#14,768

rank among US surnames

2,011

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-22.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,227)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,761	Natarajan	2,012	153,452
#14,768	Ban	2,011	153,528
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605

Who is named Kelm

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

96% of people named Kelm identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kelms

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tab Hunter
American actor and singer (1931–2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kelm

Kelm 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 Kelm?: 2,011 people in the United States had the surname Kelm in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,528 Americans. It ranked 14,768th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kelm?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kelm identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kelm?: Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (1931–2018).
Where is the surname Kelm most common?: Wikidata records people named Kelm in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kelm?: Kelm is /ˈkɛlm/, one syllable.
Is the surname Kelm getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,588 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,011 in 2010, down 22%.