How common is the surname Kinsler?

2,428 people in the United States had the surname Kinsler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,160 Americans. It ranked 12,715th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kinsler?

Ian Kinsler, American baseball player and manager.

Where is the surname Kinsler most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinsler in the United States.

Is the surname Kinsler getting more or less common?

More common. 1,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,428 in 2010, up 47%.

The surname Kinsler

A surname, carried by 2,428 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). Kinsler is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,428 people named Kinsler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,160 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,656.

#12,715

rank among US surnames

2,428

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+46.6%

change since 2000 (was #16,074)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,711	Gans	2,429	127,108
#12,715	Duclos	2,428	127,160
#12,720	Marlatt	2,427	127,213
#12,724	Palmeri	2,426	127,265

Who is named Kinsler

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

80% of people named Kinsler identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinslers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ian Kinsler
American baseball player and manager, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinsler

Kinsler 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 Kinsler?: 2,428 people in the United States had the surname Kinsler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,160 Americans. It ranked 12,715th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinsler?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Kinsler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kinsler?: Ian Kinsler, American baseball player and manager.
Where is the surname Kinsler most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinsler in the United States.
Is the surname Kinsler getting more or less common?: More common. 1,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,428 in 2010, up 47%.