The surname Ky
A surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex K000
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,042 people named Ky in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 873.
#24,137
rank among US surnames
1,042
people in 2010
0.3
per 100,000 Americans
+19.4%
change since 2000 (was #26,306)
Who is named Ky
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Ky identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.0%
- Two or more races 2.0%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Ky has the Soundex code K000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K000.
Questions
- How common is the surname Ky?
- 1,042 people in the United States had the surname Ky in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ky?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ky identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Ky getting more or less common?
- More common. 873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, up 19%.