The surname Killgore
A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 1,177 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K426
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 1,177 people named Killgore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,162.
Who is named Killgore
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Killgore identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.1%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Killgore has the Soundex code K426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K426.
Other Scottish Gaelic surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Killgore come from?
- Variant of Kilgour.
- How common is the surname Killgore?
- 1,177 people in the United States had the surname Killgore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,316 Americans. It ranked 22,026th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Killgore?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Killgore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Killgore getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,162 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,177 in 2010, up 1.3%.