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The KIMBERLEY surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 444 45403 0 2
United States (1880 census) 143 24515 0 3
Change since 1880 +301 -20888 +N/A -1
Other Countries
Australia 282 5497 0.002 17
United Kingdom 1,792 3228 0.004 39
Top States for KIMBERLEY by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 47 8733 0.002 16
California 36 52713 0.000 1
Texas 32 33533 0.000 2
Massachusetts 30 21864 0.000 5
Illinois 25 45056 0.000 2
Top States for KIMBERLEY by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Iowa 47 8733 0.002 16
Oregon 21 17756 0.001 6
Vermont 3 21564 0.000 5
Alaska 3 27582 0.000 5
Massachusetts 30 21864 0.000 5

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

Classification and Origin of KIMBERLEY

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KIMBERLEY 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 KIMBERLEY 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 KIMBERLEY in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 423 95.27
Black/African American 8 1.8
White (Hispanic) 5 1.13
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of KIMBERLEY in historical publications

Kemperlike, kemper, a veteran, a stout, warlike man, from the Dutch kamper, a champion, a fightingman. The name may apply to the qualities of the person, or to the place of a camp or battle, that is, Camper-ley; Cumberley indicates a place among hills in a narrow valley, from Cum, a vale, a dell.

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


Similar names to KIMBERLEY

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KIMBERLEY.

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 KIMBERLEY

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