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    The surname Kirklin

    A surname, carried by 1,144 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K624

    Kirklin: #22,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirklin #22,481, 1,144 people Kirklin: #22,481 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirklin #22,481, 1,144 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirklin is more common than 86.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,144 people named Kirklin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 971.

    #22,481
    rank among US surnames
    1,144
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.8%
    change since 2000 (was #24,200)

    Who is named Kirklin

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

    55% of people named Kirklin identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 55%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 40%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kirklin

    Kirklin has the Soundex code K624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kirklin?
    1,144 people in the United States had the surname Kirklin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 269,882 Americans. It ranked 22,481st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirklin?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Kirklin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kirklin getting more or less common?
    More common. 971 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,144 in 2010, up 18%.