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    The surname Kimble

    A surname, carried by 18,040 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K514

    Kimble: #2,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Kimble #2,003, 18,040 people Kimble: #2,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimble #2,003, 18,040 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimble is more common than 98.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 18,040 people named Kimble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,114 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,138.

    #2,003
    rank among US surnames
    18,040
    people in 2010
    6.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.3%
    change since 2000 (was #1,929)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,994Rahman18,09717,061
    #1,995Crenshaw18,09617,062
    #1,996Lackey18,08217,075
    #1,997Varner18,08117,076
    #1,998Staley18,08017,077
    #1,999Kowalski18,07717,079
    #2,000Kincaid18,07517,081

    Who is named Kimble

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

    59% of people named Kimble identified as white (not Hispanic), 35% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 59%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 35%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kimbles

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bo Kimble
      American basketball player, born 1966
    • H. Jeff Kimble
      American physicist (1949–2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kimble

    Kimble 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 Kimble?
    18,040 people in the United States had the surname Kimble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,114 Americans. It ranked 2,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimble?
    In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Kimble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 35% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kimble?
    Bo Kimble, American basketball player, followed by H. Jeff Kimble.
    Where is the surname Kimble most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kimble in the United States.
    Is the surname Kimble getting more or less common?
    More common. 17,138 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,040 in 2010, up 5.3%.