How common is the surname Kuykendall?

9,841 people in the United States had the surname Kuykendall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,373 Americans. It ranked 3,608th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kuykendall getting more or less common?

More common. 9,623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,841 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Kuykendall

A Dutch surname, carried by 9,841 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K253

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuykendall is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Variant of Dutch Kerkendal.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,841 people named Kuykendall in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,373 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,623.

#3,608

rank among US surnames

9,841

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,408)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,599	Groff	9,889	31,221
#3,600	Mackay	9,886	31,231
#3,601	Thiel	9,880	31,250
#3,602	Agnew	9,856	31,326
#3,603	Aceves	9,854	31,332
#3,604	Jay	9,852	31,338
#3,605	McCarter	9,849	31,348

Who is named Kuykendall

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

85% of people named Kuykendall identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kuykendall come from?: Variant of Dutch Kerkendal.
How common is the surname Kuykendall?: 9,841 people in the United States had the surname Kuykendall in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,373 Americans. It ranked 3,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuykendall?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Kuykendall identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kuykendall getting more or less common?: More common. 9,623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,841 in 2010, up 2.3%.