How common is the last name Kim?

274,068 people in the United States have the last name Kim, about 1 in 1,091. It ranks #71 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

KIM

#71

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
274,068
About
1 in 1,091
This common or more
14.4%
Who bears it

Of the 274,068 people with the last name Kim, 93.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.5% as White and 2.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Kim

#69 Morgan · 276,366#70 Gutierrez · 275,216#72 Cooper · 271,453#73 Bailey · 269,092

Spelled almost the same

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

#11,653 Kime · 2,575#17,631 Kin · 1,565#27,651 Kimm · 923#64,820 Kihm · 331#70,918 Kiem · 297

Also a first name

As a first name, Kim ranks #224 of 53,615, with 246,384 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1960, with 13,635 births. See Kim as a first name

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