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    The surname Kumpf

    A surname, carried by 889 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K510

    Kumpf: #27,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kumpf #27,204, 889 people Kumpf: #27,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kumpf #27,204, 889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kumpf is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from the noun meaning "vessel, container, pouch" (see below). Compare Kump.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 889 people named Kumpf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 347,295 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 816.

    #27,204
    rank among US surnames
    889
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #27,744)

    Who is named Kumpf

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

    97% of people named Kumpf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kumpf

    Kumpf has the Soundex code K510, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K510.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kumpf come from?
    From the German surname, from the noun meaning "vessel, container, pouch" (see below). Compare Kump.
    How common is the surname Kumpf?
    889 people in the United States had the surname Kumpf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 347,295 Americans. It ranked 27,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kumpf?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kumpf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kumpf getting more or less common?
    More common. 816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 889 in 2010, up 8.9%.