How common is the surname Kimberly?

2,078 people in the United States had the surname Kimberly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kimberly?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kimberly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

How do you pronounce Kimberly?

Kimberly is [ˈkʰɪmbɚli], 3 syllables.

Is the surname Kimberly getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, down 13%.

Is Kimberly also a first name?

Yes. Kimberly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kimberly

A surname, carried by 2,078 people in the United States.

Pronounced [ˈkʰɪmbɚli] 3 syllables Soundex K516 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimberly is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

Variant spelling of Kimberley.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,078 people named Kimberly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,390.

#14,382

rank among US surnames

2,078

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-13.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,374	Sclafani	2,080	148,435
#14,378	Litwin	2,079	148,507
#14,382	Fails	2,078	148,578

Who is named Kimberly

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

89% of people named Kimberly identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kimberly

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

Questions

Where does the surname Kimberly come from?: Variant spelling of Kimberley.
How common is the surname Kimberly?: 2,078 people in the United States had the surname Kimberly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,578 Americans. It ranked 14,382nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kimberly?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kimberly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Kimberly?: Kimberly is [ˈkʰɪmbɚli], 3 syllables.
Is the surname Kimberly getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,078 in 2010, down 13%.
Is Kimberly also a first name?: Yes. Kimberly is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.