How common is the surname Kimberlin?

2,391 people in the United States had the surname Kimberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,128 Americans. It ranked 12,872nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kimberlin?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kimberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kimberlin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,391 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Kimberlin

A surname, carried by 2,391 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K516

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimberlin is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,391 people named Kimberlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 129,128 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,336.

#12,872

rank among US surnames

2,391

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #12,231)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,865	Wunder	2,393	129,020
#12,869	Buckwalter	2,392	129,074
#12,872	Luebke	2,391	129,128
#12,878	Silber	2,390	129,182
#12,881	Dearth	2,389	129,236

Who is named Kimberlin

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

93% of people named Kimberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kimberlin

Kimberlin has the Soundex code K516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K516.

Questions

How common is the surname Kimberlin?: 2,391 people in the United States had the surname Kimberlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 129,128 Americans. It ranked 12,872nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kimberlin?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kimberlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kimberlin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,336 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,391 in 2010, up 2.4%.