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The surname Kilbourne

A surname, carried by 2,364 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K416

Kilbourne: #12,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kilbourne #12,986, 2,364 people Kilbourne: #12,986 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kilbourne #12,986, 2,364 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kilbourne is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

Variant of Kilburn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,364 people named Kilbourne in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,527.

#12,986
rank among US surnames
2,364
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+54.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,134)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,978Cron2,366130,493
#12,981Moor2,365130,548
#12,986Golub2,364130,603
#12,994Beringer2,363130,658

Who is named Kilbourne

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

77% of people named Kilbourne identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 77%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
  • 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 Kilbourne

Kilbourne has the Soundex code K416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K416.

Questions

Where does the surname Kilbourne come from?
Variant of Kilburn.
How common is the surname Kilbourne?
2,364 people in the United States had the surname Kilbourne in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kilbourne?
In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Kilbourne identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kilbourne getting more or less common?
More common. 1,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 55%.