How common is the surname Kinzer?

2,820 people in the United States had the surname Kinzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,484 Americans. It ranked 11,209th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kinzer?

Stephen Kinzer, American historian, journalist and writer.

Where is the surname Kinzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kinzer in the United States.

Is the surname Kinzer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,820 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Kinzer

A surname, carried by 2,820 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kinzer is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,820 people named Kinzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,484 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,738.

#11,209

rank among US surnames

2,820

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #10,708)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,200	Sweeten	2,822	109,407
#11,204	Castille	2,821	109,445
#11,209	Noone	2,820	109,484
#11,216	Dennard	2,819	109,523

Who is named Kinzer

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

86% of people named Kinzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kinzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stephen Kinzer
American historian, journalist and writer, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kinzer

Kinzer has the Soundex code K526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K526.

Questions

How common is the surname Kinzer?: 2,820 people in the United States had the surname Kinzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,484 Americans. It ranked 11,209th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kinzer?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kinzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kinzer?: Stephen Kinzer, American historian, journalist and writer.
Where is the surname Kinzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kinzer in the United States.
Is the surname Kinzer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,738 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,820 in 2010, up 3.0%.