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The KINGHORN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,004 23568 0 4
United States (1880 census) 139 25016 0 3
Change since 1880 +865 +1448 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 167 8908 0.001 10
United Kingdom 1,292 4261 0.003 28
Top States for KINGHORN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Idaho 154 1064 0.012 119
California 92 23522 0.000 3
Florida 78 20175 0.000 5
Utah 59 4168 0.003 26
Washington 54 12507 0.001 9
Top States for KINGHORN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Idaho 154 1064 0.012 119
Wyoming 16 3997 0.003 32
Utah 59 4168 0.003 26
South Dakota 16 7723 0.002 21
Nebraska 35 7354 0.002 20

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KINGHORN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KINGHORN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KINGHORN in Idaho than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KINGHORN by picking someone at random in Idaho than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KINGHORN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KINGHORN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the KINGHORN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KINGHORN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 949 94.52
White (Hispanic) 20 1.99
Asian/Pacific 11 1.1
Mixed Race 11 1.1
Black/African American 8 0.8
Native American/Alaskan 5 0.5

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KINGHORN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KINGHORN in historical publications

(origin: Local) A borough in Fifeshire, Scotland. The name is derived from the Gaelic Cean-gorn or gorm, "the blue head," from the adjoining promontory. It is fancifully suggested by one writer that as the Scottish kings long had a residence in the neighborhood, the name may have been suggested by the frequent winding of the king's horn when he sallied out to the chase in this neighborhood.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to KINGHORN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KINGHORN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KINGHORN

The following words are slight variants of KINGHORN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.