How common is the surname Kinchen?

2,916 people in the United States had the surname Kinchen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. It ranked 10,914th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kinchen?

MK, American DJ and record producer.

Where is the surname Kinchen most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinchen in the United States.

Is the surname Kinchen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,916 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Kinchen

A surname, carried by 2,916 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinchen is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,916 people named Kinchen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,563.

#10,914

rank among US surnames

2,916

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+13.8%

change since 2000 (was #11,310)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,907	Gleeson	2,919	105,771
#10,910	Goodyear	2,918	105,807
#10,912	Edelstein	2,917	105,844
#10,914	Kinchen	2,916	105,880
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916
#10,923	Kirkendall	2,914	105,952

Who is named Kinchen

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

51% of people named Kinchen identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinchens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

MK
American DJ and record producer, born 1972

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Kinchen

Kincannon

Kinchen has the Soundex code K525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K525.

Questions

How common is the surname Kinchen?: 2,916 people in the United States had the surname Kinchen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,880 Americans. It ranked 10,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinchen?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Kinchen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kinchen?: MK, American DJ and record producer.
Where is the surname Kinchen most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinchen in the United States.
Is the surname Kinchen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,563 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,916 in 2010, up 14%.