How common is the surname Kinsman?

3,521 people in the United States had the surname Kinsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kinsman?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kinsman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kinsman?

Brent Kinsman, American actor, followed by Shane Kinsman.

Where is the surname Kinsman most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinsman in the United States.

Is the surname Kinsman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 35%.

The surname Kinsman

A surname, carried by 3,521 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinsman is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,521 people named Kinsman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. That is up 35% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,603.

#9,245

rank among US surnames

3,521

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+35.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,236	Trader	3,525	87,587
#9,237	Bennet	3,523	87,637
#9,241	Kost	3,522	87,662
#9,245	Kinsman	3,521	87,687
#9,251	Cui	3,520	87,712
#9,253	Talton	3,519	87,737

Who is named Kinsman

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

94% of people named Kinsman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinsmans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brent Kinsman
American actor, born 1997
Shane Kinsman
American actor, born 1997

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinsman

Kincannon

Kinsman has the Soundex code K525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K525.

Questions

How common is the surname Kinsman?: 3,521 people in the United States had the surname Kinsman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,687 Americans. It ranked 9,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinsman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kinsman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kinsman?: Brent Kinsman, American actor, followed by Shane Kinsman.
Where is the surname Kinsman most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinsman in the United States.
Is the surname Kinsman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,521 in 2010, up 35%.