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    The surname Kirkman

    A surname, carried by 6,197 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K625

    Kirkman: #5,611 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirkman #5,611, 6,197 people Kirkman: #5,611 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirkman #5,611, 6,197 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirkman is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,197 people named Kirkman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,822 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,813.

    #5,611
    rank among US surnames
    6,197
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,500)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,602Yip6,20849,733
    #5,603Saravia6,20749,742
    #5,604Gabbard6,20549,758
    #5,605Watanabe6,20449,766
    #5,606Bae6,20349,774
    #5,607Burd6,20249,782
    #5,608Varga6,20149,790

    Who is named Kirkman

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

    86% of people named Kirkman identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kirkmans

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Kirkman
      American comic book writer, born 1978
    • Thomas Kirkman
      British church minister and mathematician (1806–1895)

    Notable Kirkmans come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kirkman

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kirkman?
    6,197 people in the United States had the surname Kirkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,822 Americans. It ranked 5,611th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirkman?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kirkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kirkman?
    Robert Kirkman, American comic book writer, followed by Thomas Kirkman.
    Where is the surname Kirkman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kirkman in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Kirkman getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,197 in 2010, up 6.6%.