How common is the surname Kirn?

1,297 people in the United States had the surname Kirn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kirn?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kirn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Kirn?

Walter Kirn, American novelist.

Where is the surname Kirn most common?

Wikidata records people named Kirn in the United States.

Is the surname Kirn getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,297 in 2010, down 4.6%.

The surname Kirn

A surname, carried by 1,297 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirn is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,297 people named Kirn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. That is down 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

#20,468

rank among US surnames

1,297

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,667)

Who is named Kirn

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

92% of people named Kirn identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
American Indian and Alaska Native 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kirns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Kirn
American novelist, born 1962

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kirn

Kirn has the Soundex code K650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K650.

Questions

How common is the surname Kirn?: 1,297 people in the United States had the surname Kirn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,046 Americans. It ranked 20,468th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirn?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kirn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Kirn?: Walter Kirn, American novelist.
Where is the surname Kirn most common?: Wikidata records people named Kirn in the United States.
Is the surname Kirn getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,297 in 2010, down 4.6%.