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    The surname Kittelson

    A surname, carried by 1,606 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K342

    Kittelson: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kittelson #17,530, 1,606 people Kittelson: #17,530 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kittelson #17,530, 1,606 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kittelson is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,606 people named Kittelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,447.

    #17,530
    rank among US surnames
    1,606
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #17,835)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,521Frasher1,608192,006
    #17,526Bessey1,607192,125
    #17,530Kittelson1,606192,245
    #17,537Lipsky1,605192,365

    Who is named Kittelson

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

    95% of people named Kittelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kittelson

    Kittelson has the Soundex code K342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K342.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kittelson?
    1,606 people in the United States had the surname Kittelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,245 Americans. It ranked 17,530th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kittelson?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kittelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kittelson getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,447 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,606 in 2010, up 11%.