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    The surname Kirker

    A surname, carried by 1,316 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K626

    Kirker: #20,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirker #20,232, 1,316 people Kirker: #20,232 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirker #20,232, 1,316 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirker is more common than 87.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,316 people named Kirker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 234,609 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,242.

    #20,232
    rank among US surnames
    1,316
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #19,991)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,227Falter1,317234,431
    #20,232Musil1,316234,609
    #20,239Arista1,315234,787

    Who is named Kirker

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

    86% of people named Kirker identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kirker

    Kirker has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kirker?
    1,316 people in the United States had the surname Kirker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 234,609 Americans. It ranked 20,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirker?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kirker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kirker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,316 in 2010, up 6.0%.