How common is the surname Kingsley?

8,043 people in the United States had the surname Kingsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,387 Americans. It ranked 4,417th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kingsley?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kingsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kingsley?

Charles Kingsley, British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875), followed by Mary Kingsley.

Where is the surname Kingsley most common?

Wikidata records people named Kingsley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Kingsley?

Kingsley is /ˈkɪŋzli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kingsley getting more or less common?

More common. 7,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,043 in 2010, up 1.6%.

Is Kingsley also a first name?

Yes. Kingsley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kingsley

An English surname, carried by 8,043 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɪŋzli/ 2 syllables Soundex K524 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kingsley is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

"The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,043 people named Kingsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,387 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,917.

#4,417

rank among US surnames

8,043

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,141)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,412	Martinson	8,048	38,363
#4,413	Canty	8,047	38,368
#4,414	Zayas	8,045	38,377
#4,417	Rosser	8,043	38,387

Who is named Kingsley

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

92% of people named Kingsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kingsleys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Kingsley
British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875)
Mary Kingsley
British ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900)
Sidney Kingsley
American writer (1906-1995)
Ferdinand Kingsley
British actor, born 1988
Moses Kingsley
American basketball player, born 1994
Barbara Weeks
American film actress (1913-2003)

Notable Kingsleys come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2), the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kingsley

Kingsley has the Soundex code K524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K524.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kingsley come from?: "The king's wood or clearing", from Old English cynges, genitive of cyng (“king”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
How common is the surname Kingsley?: 8,043 people in the United States had the surname Kingsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,387 Americans. It ranked 4,417th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kingsley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kingsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kingsley?: Charles Kingsley, British clergyman, historian and novelist (1819–1875), followed by Mary Kingsley.
Where is the surname Kingsley most common?: Wikidata records people named Kingsley in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Kingsley?: Kingsley is /ˈkɪŋzli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Kingsley getting more or less common?: More common. 7,917 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,043 in 2010, up 1.6%.
Is Kingsley also a first name?: Yes. Kingsley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.