How common is the surname Kilgour?

462 people in the United States had the surname Kilgour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 668,280 Americans. It ranked 46,138th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kilgour?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kilgour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kilgour?

Fred Kilgour, American librarian (1914-2006).

Where is the surname Kilgour most common?

Wikidata records people named Kilgour in the United States.

Is the surname Kilgour getting more or less common?

More common. 451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 462 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Kilgour

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 462 people in the United States.

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). Kilgour is more common than 71.6% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Habitational surname from a place in Fife, from Scottish Gaelic coille (“wood”) + gobhar (“goat”).

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

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 462 people named Kilgour in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 668,280 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 451.

#46,138

rank among US surnames

462

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #44,821)

Who is named Kilgour

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

93% of people named Kilgour identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kilgours

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fred Kilgour
American librarian (1914-2006)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Kilgour

Kilgour 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 Kilgour come from?: Habitational surname from a place in Fife, from Scottish Gaelic coille (“wood”) + gobhar (“goat”).
How common is the surname Kilgour?: 462 people in the United States had the surname Kilgour in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 668,280 Americans. It ranked 46,138th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kilgour?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kilgour identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kilgour?: Fred Kilgour, American librarian (1914-2006).
Where is the surname Kilgour most common?: Wikidata records people named Kilgour in the United States.
What type of surname is Kilgour?: Kilgour is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kilgour getting more or less common?: More common. 451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 462 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Kilgour?: Kilgore and Killgore.