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The surname Koonce

A surname, carried by 5,870 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K520

Koonce: #5,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koonce #5,878, 5,870 people Koonce: #5,878 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koonce #5,878, 5,870 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koonce is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,870 people named Koonce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,597 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,698.

#5,878
rank among US surnames
5,870
people in 2010
2.0
per 100,000 Americans
+3%
change since 2000 (was #5,591)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#5,874Vanburen5,87452,561
#5,875Lombard5,87352,570
#5,877Kuhl5,87252,579
#5,878Wen5,87052,597

Who is named Koonce

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

67% of people named Koonce identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 67%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
  • Two or more races 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Koonce

Koonce has the Soundex code K520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K520.

Questions

How common is the surname Koonce?
5,870 people in the United States had the surname Koonce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,597 Americans. It ranked 5,878th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koonce?
In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Koonce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Koonce getting more or less common?
More common. 5,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,870 in 2010, up 3.0%.