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    The surname Kendricks

    A surname, carried by 1,704 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K536

    Kendricks: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kendricks #16,765, 1,704 people Kendricks: #16,765 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kendricks #16,765, 1,704 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kendricks is more common than 89.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,704 people named Kendricks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,633.

    #16,765
    rank among US surnames
    1,704
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,260)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,761Kafka1,705181,082
    #16,765Curtsinger1,704181,189

    Who is named Kendricks

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

    74% of people named Kendricks identified as Black (not Hispanic), 18% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Two or more races 4.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Kendrickss

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sam Kendricks
      American athletics competitor, born 1992
    • 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)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kendricks

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kendricks?
    1,704 people in the United States had the surname Kendricks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,189 Americans. It ranked 16,765th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kendricks?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Kendricks identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 18% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kendricks?
    Sam Kendricks, American athletics competitor, followed by Eddie Kendricks.
    Where is the surname Kendricks most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kendricks in the United States.
    Is the surname Kendricks getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,633 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,704 in 2010, up 4.3%.