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    The surname Kin

    A surname, carried by 1,739 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K500

    Kin: #16,519 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kin #16,519, 1,739 people Kin: #16,519 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kin #16,519, 1,739 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kin is more common than 89.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,739 people named Kin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,542 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,370.

    #16,519
    rank among US surnames
    1,739
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,569)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,519Kin1,739177,542
    #16,525Carnegie1,738177,644

    Who is named Kin

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

    60% of people named Kin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 60%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kin

    Kin 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 Kin?
    1,739 people in the United States had the surname Kin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,542 Americans. It ranked 16,519th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kin?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Kin identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kin getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,370 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,739 in 2010, up 27%.