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    The surname Kendig

    A surname, carried by 1,661 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K532

    Kendig: #17,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kendig #17,087, 1,661 people Kendig: #17,087 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kendig #17,087, 1,661 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kendig is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,661 people named Kendig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,442.

    #17,087
    rank among US surnames
    1,661
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +15.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,895)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767
    #17,087Kendig1,661185,879

    Who is named Kendig

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

    94% of people named Kendig identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kendig

    Kendig has the Soundex code K532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kendig?
    1,661 people in the United States had the surname Kendig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,879 Americans. It ranked 17,087th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kendig?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kendig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kendig getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,442 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,661 in 2010, up 15%.