# Kendricks (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kendricks/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,704 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,765 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 181,189 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (1,633 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kendricks in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 4.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kendricks in the United States.

## People named Kendricks

- Sam Kendricks, American athletics competitor
- Eddie Kendricks, American singer and songwriter, member of The Temptations (1939-1992)
- Eric Kendricks, American football player (born 1992)
- Hank Ballard, American singer (1927–2003)

## Similar surnames

Kendrick, Kinder, Kindred, Kantor, Kanter, Kander.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.