How common is the surname Kindred?

4,763 people in the United States had the surname Kindred in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,822 Americans. It ranked 7,026th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kindred getting more or less common?

More common. 4,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,763 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Kindred

A surname, carried by 4,763 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kindred is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

Named after local businessman William S. Kindred.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,763 people named Kindred in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,822 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,592.

#7,026

rank among US surnames

4,763

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,765)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,020	Zurita	4,770	64,727
#7,021	Treat	4,765	64,794
#7,025	Blain	4,764	64,808
#7,026	Kindred	4,763	64,822
#7,027	Fears	4,762	64,835
#7,028	Welton	4,761	64,849

Who is named Kindred

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

66% of people named Kindred identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kindred

Kinder

Kindred has the Soundex code K536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K536.

Questions

Where does the surname Kindred come from?: Named after local businessman William S. Kindred.
How common is the surname Kindred?: 4,763 people in the United States had the surname Kindred in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,822 Americans. It ranked 7,026th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kindred?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Kindred identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kindred getting more or less common?: More common. 4,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,763 in 2010, up 3.7%.