How common is the surname Kirksey?

5,654 people in the United States had the surname Kirksey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. It ranked 6,068th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kirksey getting more or less common?

More common. 5,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,654 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Kirksey

A surname, carried by 5,654 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirksey is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,654 people named Kirksey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,230.

#6,068

rank among US surnames

5,654

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,050)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,059	Waits	5,661	54,539
#6,061	Dillman	5,660	54,549
#6,062	Boatright	5,659	54,558
#6,063	Rolon	5,658	54,568
#6,065	Thelen	5,657	54,578
#6,066	Fite	5,656	54,587
#6,067	Heintz	5,655	54,597

Who is named Kirksey

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

53% of people named Kirksey identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 53%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kirksey

Kirksey has the Soundex code K620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K620.

Questions

How common is the surname Kirksey?: 5,654 people in the United States had the surname Kirksey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. It ranked 6,068th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirksey?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Kirksey identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kirksey getting more or less common?: More common. 5,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,654 in 2010, up 8.1%.