How common is the surname Kilburn?

4,290 people in the United States had the surname Kilburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,969 Americans. It ranked 7,737th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kilburn?

Tom Kilburn, British electrical engineer (1921–2001), followed by Terry Kilburn.

Where is the surname Kilburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Kilburn in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Kilburn?

Kilburn is /kɪlbɜːn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kilburn getting more or less common?

More common. 3,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,290 in 2010, up 9.5%.

What are other spellings of Kilburn?

Kilborn, Kilbourn and Kilbourne.

The surname Kilburn

An English place surname, carried by 4,290 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kɪlbɜːn/ 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). Kilburn is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).

Kilburn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,290 people named Kilburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,969 Americans. That is up 9.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,919.

#7,737

rank among US surnames

4,290

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,835)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,730	Warnick	4,295	71,885
#7,732	Forsberg	4,294	71,902
#7,734	Beaudry	4,293	71,918
#7,737	Litchfield	4,290	71,969
#7,739	Atwater	4,289	71,985
#7,743	Bradfield	4,288	72,002
#7,744	Depriest	4,287	72,019

Who is named Kilburn

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

94% of people named Kilburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kilburns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Kilburn
British electrical engineer (1921–2001)
Terry Kilburn
British actor, born 1926

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Kilburn

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kilburn come from?: From either the unattested Old English personal name *Cylla or cyline (“kiln”) + burna (“stream, brook”).
How common is the surname Kilburn?: 4,290 people in the United States had the surname Kilburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,969 Americans. It ranked 7,737th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kilburn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kilburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kilburn?: Tom Kilburn, British electrical engineer (1921–2001), followed by Terry Kilburn.
Where is the surname Kilburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Kilburn in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Kilburn?: Kilburn is /kɪlbɜːn/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Kilburn?: Kilburn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kilburn getting more or less common?: More common. 3,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,290 in 2010, up 9.5%.
What are other spellings of Kilburn?: Kilborn, Kilbourn and Kilbourne.