How Many People Have the Last Name Kirby?
people had the surname Kirby in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,485 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,294 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kirby (85.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 9.2%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kirby ranks #462. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kirby grew from 52,473 people in 2000 to 53,767 in 2010 (up 2.5%), and its rank fell from #577 to #633. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 19.45 to 18.23 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 52,473 | 53,767 |
| Rank | #577 | #633 |
| Per 100,000 people | 19.45 | 18.23 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kirby
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kirby: K610
👤 Kirby as a First Name
Kirby is a first name too: about 13,927 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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