The KIRKWOOD surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	7,977	4115	0.003	30
United States (1880 census)	1,928	3065	0.004	39
Change since 1880	+6049	-1050	-0.001	-9
Other Countries
Australia	1,239	1332	0.008	76
United Kingdom	3,826	1628	0.008	83

Top States for KIRKWOOD by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	686	4459	0.002	20
Texas	627	3761	0.003	30
Pennsylvania	595	2690	0.005	48
Illinois	546	2465	0.004	44
Michigan	381	3285	0.004	38
Top States for KIRKWOOD by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Wyoming	55	1125	0.011	111
Mississippi	297	1475	0.010	104
Kansas	162	2051	0.006	60
Oregon	167	2757	0.005	49
Pennsylvania	595	2690	0.005	48

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

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

Classification and Origin of KIRKWOOD

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 KIRKWOOD 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 KIRKWOOD 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 KIRKWOOD in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	135	1.69
White (Hispanic)	84	1.05
Asian/Pacific	43	0.54
Native American/Alaskan	39	0.49
White (Caucasian)	5,510	69.07
Black/African American	2,166	27.15

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

Similar names to KIRKWOOD

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KIRKWOOD.

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.