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    The surname Kneeland

    A surname, carried by 2,236 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K545

    Kneeland: #13,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kneeland #13,564, 2,236 people Kneeland: #13,564 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kneeland #13,564, 2,236 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kneeland is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,236 people named Kneeland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,151.

    #13,564
    rank among US surnames
    2,236
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4%
    change since 2000 (was #13,058)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,564Trang2,236138,079
    #13,569Umberger2,235138,141
    #13,572Boler2,234138,203

    Who is named Kneeland

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

    86% of people named Kneeland identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kneeland?
    2,236 people in the United States had the surname Kneeland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,079 Americans. It ranked 13,564th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kneeland?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Kneeland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kneeland getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,151 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,236 in 2010, up 4.0%.