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    The surname Kitchen

    A surname, carried by 15,170 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K325

    Kitchen: #2,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kitchen #2,390, 15,170 people Kitchen: #2,390 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kitchen #2,390, 15,170 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kitchen is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,170 people named Kitchen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,352 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,478.

    #2,390
    rank among US surnames
    15,170
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #2,298)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,381Bianco15,27820,209
    #2,382Jack15,25620,238
    #2,383Pantoja15,24920,247
    #2,384Negrete15,24520,252
    #2,385Hearn15,23420,267
    #2,387Watt15,21120,298
    #2,388Roque15,20320,308

    Who is named Kitchen

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

    80% of people named Kitchen identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kitchens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Perry Kitchen
      American soccer player, born 1992
    • Kenneth A. Kitchen
      British egyptologist, 1932–2025
    • Lauren Kitchen
      Australian cyclist, born 1990
    • Derwin Kitchen
      American basketball player (born 1986)

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kitchen

    Kitchen has the Soundex code K325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K325.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kitchen?
    15,170 people in the United States had the surname Kitchen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,352 Americans. It ranked 2,390th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kitchen?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Kitchen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kitchen?
    Perry Kitchen, American soccer player, followed by Kenneth A. Kitchen.
    Where is the surname Kitchen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kitchen in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
    Is the surname Kitchen getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,170 in 2010, up 4.8%.