How common is the surname Kilbride?

1,275 people in the United States had the surname Kilbride in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. It ranked 20,739th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kilbride?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kilbride identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kilbride?

Percy Kilbride, actor (1888-1964).

Where is the surname Kilbride most common?

Wikidata records people named Kilbride in the United States.

Is the surname Kilbride getting more or less common?

More common. 1,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,275 in 2010, up 5.5%.

The surname Kilbride

An Irish occupational surname, carried by 1,275 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kilbride is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized from Irish Mac Giolla Brighde or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”).

Kilbride is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,275 people named Kilbride in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,209.

#20,739

rank among US surnames

1,275

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,427)

Who is named Kilbride

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

97% of people named Kilbride identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kilbrides

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Percy Kilbride
Actor (1888-1964)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kilbride

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kilbride come from?: Irish and Scottish surname, Anglicized from Irish Mac Giolla Brighde or Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Brighde (“son of the servant of (Saint) Brigit”).
How common is the surname Kilbride?: 1,275 people in the United States had the surname Kilbride in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 242,153 Americans. It ranked 20,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kilbride?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kilbride identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kilbride?: Percy Kilbride, actor (1888-1964).
Where is the surname Kilbride most common?: Wikidata records people named Kilbride in the United States.
What type of surname is Kilbride?: Kilbride is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Kilbride getting more or less common?: More common. 1,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,275 in 2010, up 5.5%.