How common is the surname Kittel?

2,203 people in the United States had the surname Kittel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,148 Americans. It ranked 13,737th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kittel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kittel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kittel?

Charles Kittel, American physicist (1916–2019).

Where is the surname Kittel most common?

Wikidata records people named Kittel in the United States.

Is the surname Kittel getting more or less common?

More common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,203 in 2010, up 78%.

The surname Kittel

A surname, carried by 2,203 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kittel is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,203 people named Kittel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,148 Americans. That is up 78% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,239.

#13,737

rank among US surnames

2,203

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+77.8%

change since 2000 (was #20,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,736	Wasilewski	2,204	140,084
#13,737	Brunetti	2,203	140,148
#13,741	Willits	2,202	140,211
#13,746	Beaird	2,201	140,275

Who is named Kittel

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

93% of people named Kittel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kittels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Kittel
American physicist (1916–2019)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kittel

Kittel has the Soundex code K340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K340.

Questions

How common is the surname Kittel?: 2,203 people in the United States had the surname Kittel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,148 Americans. It ranked 13,737th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kittel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kittel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kittel?: Charles Kittel, American physicist (1916–2019).
Where is the surname Kittel most common?: Wikidata records people named Kittel in the United States.
Is the surname Kittel getting more or less common?: More common. 1,239 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,203 in 2010, up 78%.