The surname Kelty
A surname, carried by 2,024 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K430
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,024 people named Kelty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 152,542 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,737.
#14,691
rank among US surnames
2,024
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+16.5%
change since 2000 (was #15,473)
Who is named Kelty
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
86% of people named Kelty identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 86%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Kelty 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 Kelty?
- 2,024 people in the United States had the surname Kelty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 152,542 Americans. It ranked 14,691st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kelty?
- In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kelty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Kelty getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,737 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,024 in 2010, up 17%.