How common is the surname Kendrick?

27,915 people in the United States had the surname Kendrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,060 Americans. It ranked 1,259th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kendrick?

Anna Kendrick, American actress (born 1985), followed by Alex Kendrick.

Where is the surname Kendrick most common?

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

How do you pronounce Kendrick?

Kendrick is /ˈkɛn.dɹɪk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kendrick getting more or less common?

More common. 26,266 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,915 in 2010, up 6.3%.

Is Kendrick also a first name?

Yes. Kendrick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kendrick

A surname, carried by 27,915 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɛn.dɹɪk/ 2 syllables Soundex K536 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kendrick is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

Epenthesized variant of Kenrick.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 27,915 people named Kendrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,060 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,266.

#1,259

rank among US surnames

27,915

people in 2010

9.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #1,222)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,250	Rutherford	28,079	10,996
#1,251	Sorensen	28,069	11,000
#1,252	McCray	28,024	11,017
#1,253	Hastings	28,015	11,021
#1,254	Pierson	27,983	11,033
#1,255	Chacon	27,982	11,034
#1,256	Renteria	27,976	11,036

Who is named Kendrick

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

65% of people named Kendrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kendricks

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
Alex Kendrick
American actor and director, born 1970
Brian Kendrick
American professional wrestler, born 1979
Ellie Kendrick
British actress, born 1990
Robert Kendrick
American tennis player, born 1979
John B. Kendrick
American politician (1857-1933)
Howard Kendrick
American baseball player (born 1983)
Pearl Kendrick
American bacteriologist (1890–1980)
Kyle Kendrick
American baseball player, born 1984
Stephen Kendrick
American film producer, born 1974

Notable Kendricks come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kindrick

Surnames that sound like Kendrick

Kendricks

Kendrick has the Soundex code K536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K536.

Questions

Where does the surname Kendrick come from?: Epenthesized variant of Kenrick.
How common is the surname Kendrick?: 27,915 people in the United States had the surname Kendrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,060 Americans. It ranked 1,259th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kendrick?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Kendrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kendrick?: Anna Kendrick, American actress (born 1985), followed by Alex Kendrick.
Where is the surname Kendrick most common?: Wikidata records people named Kendrick in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Kendrick?: Kendrick is /ˈkɛn.dɹɪk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kendrick getting more or less common?: More common. 26,266 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,915 in 2010, up 6.3%.
What are other spellings of Kendrick?: Kindrick.
Is Kendrick also a first name?: Yes. Kendrick is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.