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The surname Kyte

A surname, carried by 1,230 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K300

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kyte is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,230 people named Kyte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,198.

#21,307
rank among US surnames
1,230
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2.7%
change since 2000 (was #20,565)

Who is named Kyte

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

88% of people named Kyte identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 88%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
  • Two or more races 1.0%
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 Kyte

Kyte has the Soundex code K300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K300.

Questions

How common is the surname Kyte?
1,230 people in the United States had the surname Kyte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kyte?
In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Kyte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kyte getting more or less common?
More common. 1,198 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, up 2.7%.