How common is the surname Kilgore?

21,627 people in the United States had the surname Kilgore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,276 Americans. It ranked 1,667th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kilgore?

Merle Kilgore, American musician (1934-2005), followed by Harley M. Kilgore.

Where is the surname Kilgore most common?

Wikidata records people named Kilgore in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kilgore?

Kilgore is /ˈkɪlɡɔɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kilgore getting more or less common?

More common. 21,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,627 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Kilgore

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 21,627 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɪlɡɔɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex K426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kilgore is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of Kilgour.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 21,627 people named Kilgore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,276 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,264.

#1,667

rank among US surnames

21,627

people in 2010

7.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,548)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,658	Block	21,717	14,217
#1,659	Peacock	21,712	14,220
#1,660	O'Hara	21,710	14,221
#1,661	Hammer	21,709	14,222
#1,662	Feliciano	21,667	14,250
#1,664	Betancourt	21,663	14,252
#1,665	Beaver	21,640	14,267

Who is named Kilgore

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

82% of people named Kilgore identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kilgores

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Merle Kilgore
American musician (1934-2005)
Harley M. Kilgore
American politician (1893-1956)
Hailey Kilgore
American actress and singer, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kilgore

Kilgore has the Soundex code K426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K426.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kilgore come from?: Variant of Kilgour.
How common is the surname Kilgore?: 21,627 people in the United States had the surname Kilgore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,276 Americans. It ranked 1,667th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kilgore?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Kilgore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kilgore?: Merle Kilgore, American musician (1934-2005), followed by Harley M. Kilgore.
Where is the surname Kilgore most common?: Wikidata records people named Kilgore in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kilgore?: Kilgore is /ˈkɪlɡɔɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kilgore getting more or less common?: More common. 21,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 21,627 in 2010, up 1.7%.