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    The surname Kimbrell

    A surname, carried by 6,016 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K516

    Kimbrell: #5,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kimbrell #5,759, 6,016 people Kimbrell: #5,759 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimbrell #5,759, 6,016 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimbrell is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,016 people named Kimbrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 51,321 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,887.

    #5,759
    rank among US surnames
    6,016
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,435)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,754Bixler6,02151,278
    #5,757Shirey6,02051,287
    #5,758Kao6,01851,304
    #5,759Flack6,01651,321

    Who is named Kimbrell

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

    94% of people named Kimbrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kimbrell

    Kimbrell 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 Kimbrell?
    6,016 people in the United States had the surname Kimbrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 51,321 Americans. It ranked 5,759th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimbrell?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kimbrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kimbrell getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,016 in 2010, up 2.2%.