How common is the surname Kime?

3,076 people in the United States had the surname Kime in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,372 Americans. It ranked 10,453rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kime getting more or less common?

More common. 2,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,076 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Kime

A surname, carried by 3,076 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kime is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,076 people named Kime in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,372 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,722.

#10,453

rank among US surnames

3,076

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+13%

change since 2000 (was #10,757)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,448	Hillier	3,079	100,275
#10,450	Riffe	3,078	100,307
#10,451	Edgington	3,077	100,340
#10,453	Mellen	3,076	100,372
#10,458	Hagar	3,075	100,405
#10,459	Doria	3,074	100,438

Who is named Kime

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

88% of people named Kime identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kime

Kime has the Soundex code K500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K500.

Questions

How common is the surname Kime?: 3,076 people in the United States had the surname Kime in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,372 Americans. It ranked 10,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kime?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kime identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kime getting more or less common?: More common. 2,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,076 in 2010, up 13%.