How common is the surname Kirkendall?

2,914 people in the United States had the surname Kirkendall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,952 Americans. It ranked 10,923rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Kirkendall?

Ernest Kirkendall, American metallurgist (1914–2005).

Where is the surname Kirkendall most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirkendall in the United States.

Is the surname Kirkendall getting more or less common?

More common. 2,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,914 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Kirkendall

A Dutch surname, carried by 2,914 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirkendall is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Altered spelling of Dutch Kerkendal.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,914 people named Kirkendall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,952 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,852.

#10,923

rank among US surnames

2,914

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,914	Kinchen	2,916	105,880
#10,919	Philbrick	2,915	105,916
#10,923	Kirkendall	2,914	105,952
#10,924	Kiesel	2,913	105,989
#10,931	Cordon	2,912	106,025

Who is named Kirkendall

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

88% of people named Kirkendall identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirkendalls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ernest Kirkendall
American metallurgist (1914–2005)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kirkendell

Surnames that sound like Kirkendall

Kirkendall has the Soundex code K625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K625.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kirkendall come from?: Altered spelling of Dutch Kerkendal.
How common is the surname Kirkendall?: 2,914 people in the United States had the surname Kirkendall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,952 Americans. It ranked 10,923rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirkendall?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kirkendall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Kirkendall?: Ernest Kirkendall, American metallurgist (1914–2005).
Where is the surname Kirkendall most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirkendall in the United States.
Is the surname Kirkendall getting more or less common?: More common. 2,852 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,914 in 2010, up 2.2%.
What are other spellings of Kirkendall?: Kirkendell.