# Kilpatrick (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kilpatrick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,087 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,565 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,917 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (13,832 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kilpatrick in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kilpatrick in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Kilpatrick

- William Heard Kilpatrick, American pedagogue (1871–1965)
- Patrick Kilpatrick, American actor
- Kwame Kilpatrick, American politician and football player
- Sean Kilpatrick, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, American politician
- Helen Kilpatrick, British civil servant (born 1958), Governor of the Cayman Islands from September 2013
- Carl Kilpatrick, American basketball player
- Ken Shamrock, American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and actor

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.