How common is the surname Killam?

1,647 people in the United States had the surname Killam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. It ranked 17,193rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Killam?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Killam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Killam?

Taran Killam, American actor and comedian.

Where is the surname Killam most common?

Wikidata records people named Killam in the United States.

How do you pronounce Killam?

Killam is /ˈkɪləm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Killam getting more or less common?

More common. 1,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,647 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Killam

A surname, carried by 1,647 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɪləm/ 2 syllables Soundex K450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Killam is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,647 people named Killam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,490.

#17,193

rank among US surnames

1,647

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.5%

change since 2000 (was #17,449)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,193	Vancleve	1,647	187,459
#17,202	Entrekin	1,646	187,573

Who is named Killam

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

94% of people named Killam identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Killams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taran Killam
American actor and comedian, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Killam

Killam has the Soundex code K450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K450.

Questions

How common is the surname Killam?: 1,647 people in the United States had the surname Killam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,459 Americans. It ranked 17,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Killam?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Killam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Killam?: Taran Killam, American actor and comedian.
Where is the surname Killam most common?: Wikidata records people named Killam in the United States.
How do you pronounce Killam?: Killam is /ˈkɪləm/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Killam getting more or less common?: More common. 1,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,647 in 2010, up 11%.