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    The surname Kirkpatrick

    A surname, carried by 26,251 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K621

    Kirkpatrick: #1,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Kirkpatrick #1,344, 26,251 people Kirkpatrick: #1,344 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirkpatrick #1,344, 26,251 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirkpatrick is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the surname elements Kirk (from church) and Patrick (from Saint Patrick).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 26,251 people named Kirkpatrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,761 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 26,155.

    #1,344
    rank among US surnames
    26,251
    people in 2010
    8.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #1,229)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,335Webber26,40511,693
    #1,337Boyce26,37611,706
    #1,338Dewitt26,34811,718
    #1,339Rosenberg26,30711,736
    #1,340Simms26,28711,745
    #1,341Woodruff26,28611,746
    #1,342Brandon26,28411,747

    Who is named Kirkpatrick

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

    89% of people named Kirkpatrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kirkpatricks

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeane Kirkpatrick
      American diplomat and Presidential advisor (1926-2006)
    • Chris Kirkpatrick
      American singer and dancer, born 1971
    • Ralph Kirkpatrick
      American harpsichordist and musicologist (1911–1984)
    • Maggie Kirkpatrick
      Actress, born 1941
    • Donald Kirkpatrick
      American academic writer, 1924–2014
    • Ivone Kirkpatrick
      British diplomat (1897–1964)
    • Slim Dusty
      Australian country music singer (1927–2003)

    Notable Kirkpatricks come mostly from the United States (4), Australia (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kirkpatrick

    Kirkpatrick has the Soundex code K621, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K621.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kirkpatrick come from?
    From the surname elements Kirk (from church) and Patrick (from Saint Patrick).
    How common is the surname Kirkpatrick?
    26,251 people in the United States had the surname Kirkpatrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,761 Americans. It ranked 1,344th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirkpatrick?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kirkpatrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kirkpatrick?
    Jeane Kirkpatrick, American diplomat and Presidential advisor (1926-2006), followed by Chris Kirkpatrick.
    Where is the surname Kirkpatrick most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kirkpatrick in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Kirkpatrick getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,155 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 26,251 in 2010, up 0.4%.