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    The surname Kimbler

    A German surname, carried by 1,639 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K514

    Kimbler: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kimbler #17,274, 1,639 people Kimbler: #17,274 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimbler #17,274, 1,639 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimbler is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Kimmler.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,639 people named Kimbler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,397.

    #17,274
    rank among US surnames
    1,639
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,312)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,268Houchens1,640188,259
    #17,274Dorey1,639188,374
    #17,283Semon1,638188,489

    Who is named Kimbler

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

    94% of people named Kimbler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kimbler

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kimbler come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Kimmler.
    How common is the surname Kimbler?
    1,639 people in the United States had the surname Kimbler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,374 Americans. It ranked 17,274th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimbler?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kimbler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kimbler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,639 in 2010, up 17%.