How Many People Have the Last Name Kirk?
people had the surname Kirk in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 5,423 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
+2,338 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Kirk (82.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 10.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Kirk ranks #453. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 84.8% to 82.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Kirk grew from 52,056 people in 2000 to 54,394 in 2010 (up 4.5%), and its rank fell from #582 to #623. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 19.3 to 18.44 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 52,056 | 54,394 |
| Rank | #582 | #623 |
| Per 100,000 people | 19.3 | 18.44 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Kirk
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Kirk: K620
👤 Kirk as a First Name
Kirk is a first name too: about 54,603 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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