The surname Kelson
A surname, carried by 2,062 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K425
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,062 people named Kelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,731 Americans. That is up 9.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,878.
#14,478
rank among US surnames
2,062
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+9.8%
change since 2000 (was #14,550)
Who is named Kelson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
61% of people named Kelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 61%
- Black (not Hispanic) 32%
- Two or more races 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kelson
Kelson has the Soundex code K425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K425.
Questions
- How common is the surname Kelson?
- 2,062 people in the United States had the surname Kelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,731 Americans. It ranked 14,478th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kelson?
- In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Kelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kelson getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,062 in 2010, up 9.8%.