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    The surname Kinlaw

    A surname, carried by 2,164 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K540

    Kinlaw: #13,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kinlaw #13,949, 2,164 people Kinlaw: #13,949 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kinlaw #13,949, 2,164 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinlaw is more common than 91.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,164 people named Kinlaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,674 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,905.

    #13,949
    rank among US surnames
    2,164
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,399)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,944Trego2,165142,608
    #13,949Sherpa2,164142,674
    #13,953Kurian2,163142,739
    #13,955Wallick2,162142,806

    Who is named Kinlaw

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

    61% of people named Kinlaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 61%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kinlaw

    Kinlaw has the Soundex code K540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kinlaw?
    2,164 people in the United States had the surname Kinlaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,674 Americans. It ranked 13,949th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kinlaw?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Kinlaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kinlaw getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,905 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,164 in 2010, up 14%.