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The surname Kindig

A surname, carried by 1,599 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K532

Kindig: #17,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kindig #17,582, 1,599 people Kindig: #17,582 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kindig #17,582, 1,599 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kindig is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,599 people named Kindig in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,087 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,421.

#17,582
rank among US surnames
1,599
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+12.5%
change since 2000 (was #18,087)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,582Bick1,599193,087
#17,586Ploof1,598193,207

Who is named Kindig

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

94% of people named Kindig identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kindig

Kindig has the Soundex code K532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K532.

Questions

How common is the surname Kindig?
1,599 people in the United States had the surname Kindig in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,087 Americans. It ranked 17,582nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kindig?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kindig identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kindig getting more or less common?
More common. 1,421 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,599 in 2010, up 13%.