How common is the surname Kirkham?

4,121 people in the United States had the surname Kirkham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. It ranked 8,032nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kirkham?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kirkham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kirkham?

Fred Kirkham, Australian rower.

Where is the surname Kirkham most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirkham in Australia.

How do you pronounce Kirkham?

Kirkham is /ˈkɜː(ɹ)kəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Kirkham getting more or less common?

More common. 3,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,121 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Kirkham

An English place surname, carried by 4,121 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɜː(ɹ)kəm/ 2 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). Kirkham is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

English origin

From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).

Kirkham is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,121 people named Kirkham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,933.

#8,032

rank among US surnames

4,121

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,794)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,028	Giffin	4,124	74,866
#8,029	Fulford	4,123	74,884
#8,030	Nystrom	4,122	74,902
#8,032	Kirkham	4,121	74,920
#8,036	Gullett	4,117	74,993

Who is named Kirkham

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

93% of people named Kirkham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirkhams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fred Kirkham
Australian rower, 1937–2007

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kirkham

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kirkham come from?: From a Scandinvianized form of Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + hām (“homestead”).
How common is the surname Kirkham?: 4,121 people in the United States had the surname Kirkham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,920 Americans. It ranked 8,032nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirkham?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kirkham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kirkham?: Fred Kirkham, Australian rower.
Where is the surname Kirkham most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirkham in Australia.
How do you pronounce Kirkham?: Kirkham is /ˈkɜː(ɹ)kəm/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Kirkham?: Kirkham is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Kirkham getting more or less common?: More common. 3,933 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,121 in 2010, up 4.8%.