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The surname Kerlin

A surname, carried by 2,296 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K645

Kerlin: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kerlin #13,283, 2,296 people Kerlin: #13,283 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kerlin #13,283, 2,296 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerlin is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,296 people named Kerlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,888.

#13,283
rank among US surnames
2,296
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+21.6%
change since 2000 (was #14,488)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,278Balser2,297134,413
#13,283Chaput2,296134,471
#13,291Rolling2,295134,530

Who is named Kerlin

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

94% of people named Kerlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kerlin

Kerlin has the Soundex code K645, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K645.

Questions

How common is the surname Kerlin?
2,296 people in the United States had the surname Kerlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,471 Americans. It ranked 13,283rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kerlin?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kerlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kerlin getting more or less common?
More common. 1,888 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,296 in 2010, up 22%.