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    The surname Kerns

    A surname, carried by 15,614 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K652

    Kerns: #2,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Kerns #2,333, 15,614 people Kerns: #2,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kerns #2,333, 15,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kerns is more common than 98.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,614 people named Kerns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,774 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,113.

    #2,333
    rank among US surnames
    15,614
    people in 2010
    5.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,206)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,324Luu15,70219,663
    #2,325Mosher15,67219,700
    #2,326Coley15,67119,702
    #2,327Hayward15,66519,709
    #2,328Naranjo15,65819,718
    #2,329Henriquez15,65719,719
    #2,330Skelton15,62419,761

    Who is named Kerns

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

    91% of people named Kerns identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kernss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Joanna Kerns
      American actress and director (born 1953)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kerns

    Kerns has the Soundex code K652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K652.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kerns?
    15,614 people in the United States had the surname Kerns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,774 Americans. It ranked 2,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kerns?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kerns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kerns?
    Joanna Kerns, American actress and director (born 1953).
    Where is the surname Kerns most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kerns in the United States.
    Is the surname Kerns getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,113 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,614 in 2010, up 3.3%.