How common is the surname Kinsley?

2,996 people in the United States had the surname Kinsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,053 Americans. It ranked 10,675th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kinsley?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kinsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kinsley getting more or less common?

More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,996 in 2010, up 7.2%.

Is Kinsley also a first name?

Yes. Kinsley 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 Kinsley

An English place surname, carried by 2,996 people in the United States.

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). Kinsley is more common than 93.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Kinsley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 2,996 people named Kinsley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,053 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,796.

#10,675

rank among US surnames

2,996

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,527)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,668	Troupe	2,999	102,949
#10,671	Bolivar	2,997	103,018
#10,675	Patin	2,996	103,053
#10,678	Lian	2,995	103,087
#10,679	Ruffner	2,994	103,121
#10,681	Banas	2,993	103,156
#10,683	Hayashi	2,992	103,190

Who is named Kinsley

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

92% of people named Kinsley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinsley

Kinsley 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 Kinsley come from?: From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
How common is the surname Kinsley?: 2,996 people in the United States had the surname Kinsley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,053 Americans. It ranked 10,675th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinsley?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kinsley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Kinsley?: Kinsley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kinsley getting more or less common?: More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,996 in 2010, up 7.2%.
Is Kinsley also a first name?: Yes. Kinsley 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.