How common is the last name Kerr?

43,118 people in the United States have the last name Kerr, about 1 in 6,932. It ranks #780 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KERR

#780

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,118
About
1 in 6,932
This common or more
36.9%
Who bears it

Of the 43,118 people with the last name Kerr, 83.3% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kerr

#778 Kline · 43,180#779 Cuevas · 43,163#781 Zheng · 43,117#782 Knox · 43,026

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kerr, most common first.

#16,795 Kerry · 1,654#17,149 Kehr · 1,617#19,340 Kear · 1,400#30,610 Ker · 816#32,405 Keir · 761#70,358 Keer · 300#72,473 Kero · 289#81,311 Keri · 251

Also a first name

As a first name, Kerr ranks #35,884 of 53,615, with 223 people. See Kerr as a first name

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