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    The surname Killen

    A surname, carried by 4,151 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K450

    Killen: #7,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Killen #7,968, 4,151 people Killen: #7,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Killen #7,968, 4,151 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Killen is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,151 people named Killen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,379 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,726.

    #7,968
    rank among US surnames
    4,151
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #8,195)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,961Coss4,15674,289
    #7,964Harbour4,15574,307
    #7,966Terwilliger4,15374,343
    #7,968Bednar4,15174,379
    #7,971Colella4,15074,397
    #7,972Lechner4,14974,414
    #7,974Chancellor4,14774,450

    Who is named Killen

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

    91% of people named Killen identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Killens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kyle Killen
      American television producer and writer, born 1901

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Killen

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Killen come from?
    From the Irish surname, from Coilín. See Colin.
    How common is the surname Killen?
    4,151 people in the United States had the surname Killen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,379 Americans. It ranked 7,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Killen?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Killen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Killen?
    Kyle Killen, American television producer and writer.
    Where is the surname Killen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Killen in the United States.
    Is the surname Killen getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,151 in 2010, up 11%.