How common is the surname Kimmell?

1,195 people in the United States had the surname Kimmell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kimmell?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kimmell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kimmell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Kimmell

A surname, carried by 1,195 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K540

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimmell is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,195 people named Kimmell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,166.

#21,759

rank among US surnames

1,195

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #21,004)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,750	Celli	1,196	258,148
#21,759	Finnigan	1,195	258,364

Who is named Kimmell

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

95% of people named Kimmell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kimmell

Kimmel

Kimmell has the Soundex code K540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K540.

Questions

How common is the surname Kimmell?: 1,195 people in the United States had the surname Kimmell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kimmell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kimmell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kimmell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, up 2.5%.