How common is the surname Kimbell?

1,743 people in the United States had the surname Kimbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kimbell?

Douglas Kimbell, American water polo player.

Where is the surname Kimbell most common?

Wikidata records people named Kimbell in the United States.

Is the surname Kimbell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Kimbell

A surname, carried by 1,743 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K514

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimbell is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,743 people named Kimbell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,740.

#16,481

rank among US surnames

1,743

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #15,455)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,475	Lacher	1,744	177,033
#16,481	Chess	1,743	177,135

Who is named Kimbell

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

83% of people named Kimbell identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kimbells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Douglas Kimbell
American water polo player, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kimbell

Kimbell has the Soundex code K514, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K514.

Questions

How common is the surname Kimbell?: 1,743 people in the United States had the surname Kimbell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,135 Americans. It ranked 16,481st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kimbell?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Kimbell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kimbell?: Douglas Kimbell, American water polo player.
Where is the surname Kimbell most common?: Wikidata records people named Kimbell in the United States.
Is the surname Kimbell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,740 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,743 in 2010, up 0.2%.