How common is the surname Kinkel?

1,368 people in the United States had the surname Kinkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kinkel?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Kinkel?

Kip Kinkel, American mass murderer.

Where is the surname Kinkel most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinkel in the United States.

Is the surname Kinkel getting more or less common?

More common. 632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 117%.

The surname Kinkel

A surname, carried by 1,368 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinkel is more common than 87.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,368 people named Kinkel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. That is up 117% since 2000, when the Census counted 632.

#19,697

rank among US surnames

1,368

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+116.5%

change since 2000 (was #33,993)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,688	Matuszak	1,369	225,526
#19,697	Abbe	1,368	225,691
#19,703	Antillon	1,367	225,856

Who is named Kinkel

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

92% of people named Kinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinkels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kip Kinkel
American mass murderer, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinkel

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kinkel?: 1,368 people in the United States had the surname Kinkel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinkel?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kinkel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Kinkel?: Kip Kinkel, American mass murderer.
Where is the surname Kinkel most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinkel in the United States.
Is the surname Kinkel getting more or less common?: More common. 632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 117%.