How common is the surname Kinsella?

4,179 people in the United States had the surname Kinsella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. It ranked 7,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kinsella?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kinsella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kinsella?

Alice Kinsella, British artistic gymnast, followed by John Kinsella.

Where is the surname Kinsella most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinsella in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Kinsella getting more or less common?

More common. 4,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,179 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Kinsella

An Irish surname, carried by 4,179 people in the United States.

3 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). Kinsella is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceinnsealaigh.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,179 people named Kinsella in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,074.

#7,920

rank among US surnames

4,179

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,530)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,911	Auger	4,182	73,827
#7,912	Margolis	4,181	73,845
#7,915	Reina	4,180	73,863
#7,920	Petrillo	4,179	73,880
#7,923	Binns	4,178	73,898
#7,924	Autrey	4,177	73,916
#7,925	Laux	4,176	73,933

Who is named Kinsella

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

95% of people named Kinsella identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinsellas

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alice Kinsella
British artistic gymnast, born 2001
John Kinsella
American swimmer, born 1952
Mike Kinsella
American musician, born 1977

Notable Kinsellas come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinsella

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kinsella come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ceinnsealaigh.
How common is the surname Kinsella?: 4,179 people in the United States had the surname Kinsella in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,880 Americans. It ranked 7,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinsella?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kinsella identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kinsella?: Alice Kinsella, British artistic gymnast, followed by John Kinsella.
Where is the surname Kinsella most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinsella in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Kinsella getting more or less common?: More common. 4,074 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,179 in 2010, up 2.6%.