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    The surname Kimbrough

    A surname, carried by 12,034 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K516

    Kimbrough: #2,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kimbrough #2,978, 12,034 people Kimbrough: #2,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimbrough #2,978, 12,034 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimbrough is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,034 people named Kimbrough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,656 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,290.

    #2,978
    rank among US surnames
    12,034
    people in 2010
    4.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,927)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,969Frantz12,07925,561
    #2,970O'Reilly12,07425,571
    #2,971Bundy12,06525,590
    #2,972Bethea12,06125,599
    #2,973Reinhardt12,05725,607
    #2,974Sam12,05325,616
    #2,975Guo12,04825,626

    Who is named Kimbrough

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

    49% of people named Kimbrough identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 49%
    • White (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Kimbroughs

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Shane Kimbrough
      American astronaut, born 1967
    • Charles Kimbrough
      American actor (1936–2023)
    • Junior Kimbrough
      American musician (1930-1998)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kimbrough

    Kimbrough 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 Kimbrough?
    12,034 people in the United States had the surname Kimbrough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,656 Americans. It ranked 2,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimbrough?
    In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Kimbrough identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kimbrough?
    Shane Kimbrough, American astronaut, followed by Charles Kimbrough.
    Where is the surname Kimbrough most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kimbrough in the United States.
    Is the surname Kimbrough getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,034 in 2010, up 6.6%.