How common is the surname Kirven?

1,506 people in the United States had the surname Kirven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. It ranked 18,385th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kirven getting more or less common?

More common. 1,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,506 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Kirven

A surname, carried by 1,506 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirven is more common than 88.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,506 people named Kirven in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,247.

#18,385

rank among US surnames

1,506

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+20.8%

change since 2000 (was #19,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,378	Prohaska	1,507	204,874
#18,385	Roder	1,506	205,010

Who is named Kirven

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

49% of people named Kirven identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 49%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Kirven?: 1,506 people in the United States had the surname Kirven in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. It ranked 18,385th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kirven?: In the 2010 Census, 49% of people named Kirven identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kirven getting more or less common?: More common. 1,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,506 in 2010, up 21%.