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The surname Kile

A surname, carried by 5,234 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K400

Kile: #6,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kile #6,486, 5,234 people Kile: #6,486 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kile #6,486, 5,234 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kile is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,234 people named Kile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,988 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,755.

#6,486
rank among US surnames
5,234
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+10.1%
change since 2000 (was #6,570)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#6,482Baier5,23858,943
#6,483Child5,23758,955
#6,484Broom5,23658,966
#6,486Kile5,23458,988
#6,488Gervais5,23359,000

Who is named Kile

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

94% of people named Kile identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kile

Kile has the Soundex code K400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K400.

Questions

How common is the surname Kile?
5,234 people in the United States had the surname Kile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,988 Americans. It ranked 6,486th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kile?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kile getting more or less common?
More common. 4,755 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,234 in 2010, up 10%.