# Kirkendall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kirkendall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,914 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,923 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 105,952 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (2,852 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kirkendell |

## Etymology

Altered spelling of Dutch Kerkendal.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kirkendall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kirkendall in the United States.

## People named Kirkendall

- Ernest Kirkendall, American metallurgist (1914–2005)

## Similar surnames

Kirkendoll, Kirkman, Kirkham, Kirchner, Kerrigan, Kirschner, Kershner, Krishnan, Krishna, Krogman, Krishnamurthy, Krasner.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.